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Yates Tavern

Yates Tavern, also known as Yancy Cabin, is a historic tavern located near Gretna, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The building dates to the late-18th or early-19th century, and is a two-story, frame building sheathed in weatherboard. It measures approximately 18 feet by 24 feet and has eight-inch jetty on each long side at the second-floor level. It is representative of a traditional hall-and-parlor Tidewater house. The building was occupied by a tavern in the early-19th century. It was restored in the 1970s.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

References

External links

  • Yates Tavern - Pittsylvania County Historical Society
  • Research on Yates Tavern history and family graves on location, by Dail Yeatts. Book sources listed: https://www.mitchellspublications.com/ur/loc/yeattssd/001.pdf
  • Yates Family Cemetery, location map and coordinates: http://www.yatesville.net/tngrey/showmap.php?cemeteryID=643&tree=