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
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. VA-270, "Yancy Cabin, U.S. Route 29 vicinity, Gretna, Pittsylvania County, VA", 4 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page, supplemental material
- 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=
