Grooms Tavern Complex

Grooms Tavern Complex
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Grooms Tavern, July 2013
Location	Sugar Hill Rd. at Grooms Rd., Grooms Corners, New York
Coordinates	42°50′5″N 73°50′41″W / 42.83472°N 73.84472°WCoordinates: 42°50′5″N 73°50′41″W / 42.83472°N 73.84472°W
Area	1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built	ca. 1825
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	00000094[1]
Added to NRHP	February 10, 2000

Grooms Tavern Complex is a historic tavern located at Grooms Corners in Saratoga County, New York. The complex consists of the tavern, a wagon and blacksmith shop, and a frame privy. The tavern building was built about 1825 and is a 2-story, timber-framed, gable-roofed building in a vernacular Federal style. It consists of a main block with  1 ¹⁄₂-story, frame kitchen wing in the rear. When expanded to two stories in the 1840s, a Greek Revival style cornice was added. The building was partially remodeled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tavern building was also operated as a general store. The wagon and blacksmith shop was constructed in the 1840s and is a 2-story, rectangular, timber-framed building with a gable roof in the Greek Revival style.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Raymond W. Smith (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Grooms Tavern Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-12. See also: "Accompanying eight photos".