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Photographer: Warren LeMay via Flickr (PD)
Taken: September 2, 2019
Caption: Salem Tavern, Old Salem
Additional Description: This was the first brick building in Salem, erected in 1784 to replace an earlier frame tavern on the same site (destroyed by fire). The tavern is 2½ stories with a high gabled roof broken by twin interior chimneys and a single dormer. At its rear (west) is a large wooden barn with fieldstone foundation and leanto roof. (National Register nomination, prepared by Polly M. Rettig and Horace J. Sheelv, Jr.)
Submitted: January 10, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p769063
File Size: 4.769 Megabytes

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