Clover Hill Tavern - Appomattox Court House, VA
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vhasler
N 37° 22.668 W 078° 47.771
17S E 695125 N 4139063
People posing in front of the Clover Hill Tavern, built along the Lynchburg-Richmond stage coach line, was the first structure in town.
Waymark Code: WM9E36
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2010
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Per the National Parks Service website
link , this photograph was taken in August 1865 by photographer Timothy O'Sullivan. The vantage point was from the Plunkett-Meeks Store looking northeast.
Description: Towns people of Appomattox Court House posing in front of the Clover Hill Tavern in August, 1865, four months after General Lee's surrender.
The current photograph in 2010 was taken closer to the front of the remaining section of the tavern. The section on the left was the dining room, which has been removed. And on the right was the bar, also gone.