French's Tavern

French's Tavern, also known as Swan's Creek Plantation, Indian Camp, Harris's Store, and The Coleman Place, is a historic house and tavern located near Ballsville, Powhatan County, Virginia. The two-story, frame building complex is in five distinct sections, with the earliest dated to about 1730. The sections consist of the main block, the wing, the annex, the hyphen and galleries. It was built as the manor home for a large plantation, and operated as an ordinary in the first half of the 19th century.^[3]

French's Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	6100 Old Buckingham Rd., near Ballsville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°29′34″N 78°04′58″W
Area	120 acres (49 ha)
Built	c. 1730 (1730)
NRHP reference No.	89000293[1]
VLR No.	072-0105
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 21, 1989
Designated VLR	December 13, 1988[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Elmer H. and Agnes E. Gish (September 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: French's Tavern" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo