Old Tavern, 11919 Leesburg Pike (moved from orig. location), Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia

Significance: A typical drovers rest, the Dranesville Tavern was built c. 1830, along the newly constructed Leesburg Pike which served as a major trade corridor between Alexandria, Georgetown and the Shenandoah Valley. Originally, the tavern consisted of a two story log cabin and a single story log kitchen joined by a story and a half connecting section. Major alterations took place circa 1850 when the tavern became a full two story structure sheathed with clapboard. Changes in the front and rear porches occurred throughout the nineteenth century. With the exceptions of small alterations, the tavern has remained, until the present, as a collection of architectural styles for nearly a century and a half.
Survey number: HABS VA-503