Old Tavern On Midland Trail, Ansted, W. Va.

Identifier:

040706

Title:

Old Tavern On Midland Trail, Ansted, W. Va.

Description:

Known as "The Half House or Tyree Tavern". Notable guests included Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John Breckenridge. The core of structure was built in ca. 1810, which Tyree owned and operated the tavern from 1834-1883. Both Union and Confederate generals headquartered there during the Civil War and Julia Neale Jackson, mother of General "Stonewall" Jackson is buried on the property in Westlake Cemetery.

Subjects:

Counties--Fayette.

Acquisition Method:

Acquired

Medium:

print

Projects:

West Virginia History OnView