THE OLD TAVERN - Restoring the Unionville Tavern

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Over 200 years ago, during the antebellum era, two log cabins were built along what is now known as Route 84, previously known as the Cleveland-Buffalo Road. The year was 1798, and the first log cabin had been built. Ohio had not yet been admitted as a state; people still traveled dirt roads in their covered wagons and would frequent this historical structure while passing through. In 1805, an identical log cabin was built next to the original. Heavy traffic continued to travel this road, reaching a peak in 1818 as the road became a major thoroughfare - 15 years after Ohio had officially become the 17th registered state. With this steady rise in traffic leading to its expansion from two separate log cabins into one two-story inn, it would come to be welcomed as not only one of the first buildings of Ohio, but the state’s very first tavern.

[@ignacioyanpuello4828]

I worked there 3 times in my life once with the haskins and later with Larry Rickard. I know the history of the tavern, built in the 1700s it once was a part of the underground rail road to free slaves and visited by US presidents. It sits across the street from a very old cemetery. Many nights when closing strange phenomenons would take place. Pianos would play, objects would move. It was an intersting place always filled with life and laughter. My grand parents owned a house down the street, so the area means so much to me. The place is rich in history and memories. I hope you are able to restore it to its former glory.

[@hollybronwyn8176]

OH, Bless you guys! I hope all goes well. am doing my part ... live in a Maine home built in 1820. :) It takes work but these shipbuilders knew how to build a home! I grew up in a house in Lancaster, PA, on the Harrisburg Pike that was a Tavern, later a Post Office. We found the old sign in the basement ... it was named ... The Black Horse Tavern or Inn, my memory fails me atm. That place had some not-so great energy, lol, but it made for an interesting childhood.

[@donna6368]

I remember eating there as a child. It was so beautiful and grand back then. The corn fritters were my favorite thing to eat. There is so much history there. Including the Underground Railroad.

[@derekhefner4664]

This place used to be my bus stop back in 2008 when I was in kindergarten.

[@gabbydeanda1592]

I wish they kept the original Tahoe tavern