Charles Springer Tavern

Charles Springer Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Charles Springer Tavern, October 2011
Location	7 Stone Barn Ln., Christiana Hundred, near Wilmington, Delaware
Coordinates	39°45′42″N 75°37′13″W / 39.76172°N 75.62025°WCoordinates: 39°45′42″N 75°37′13″W / 39.76172°N 75.62025°W
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Architectural style	Federal, Vernacular Federal
NRHP Reference #	92001142[1]
Added to NRHP	September 11, 1992

Charles Springer Tavern, also known as the Oak Hill Inn, Four Mile Inn, and Sign of the Three Tons, is a historic inn and tavern located near Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. The building is a two-story, log and stone building that evolved in four major construction phases during the period from 1750 to 1850. The oldest section is a two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed log section. A stone, two-story, two-bay, gable-roofed section was added about 1780; the roof level, window and door openings and floor levels were subsequently raised on the original log section; and a stone, 1 1/2-story lean-to was added on the rear wall of the log section. It has been a residence since the early 20th century. It is in a vernacular Federal style. Also on the property are the contributing ruins of a stone barn built in 1852, the ruins of a stone springhouse, and a stone mileage marker identifying the location as being four miles from the City of Wilmington.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Anne Wilson and Valerie Cesna (July 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Charles Springer Tavern" (PDF). and Accompanying 18 photos