Design of Early Ordinaries and Taverns in Montgomery County, Virginia from 1773 to 1823

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dc.contributor.authorDuncan, Edith-Anne Pendergraften
dc.contributor.committeechairBowker, Jeanette E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberMarshall-Baker, Annaen
dc.contributor.committeememberWiedegreen, Eric A.en
dc.contributor.departmentHousing, Interior Design, and Resource Managementen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:33:55Zen
dc.date.adate2000-04-26en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:33:55Zen
dc.date.issued2000-04-07en
dc.date.rdate2001-04-26en
dc.date.sdate2000-04-20en
dc.description.abstractThe Wilderness Road, starting in Big Lick (Roanoke today) was a primary route over the Allegheny mountains for travelers migrating to the Kentucky frontier. Ordinaries and taverns (referred to as public houses) were known to offer food and lodgings to travelers in the state capital city of Richmond, but little is known about what, if any, accommodations were available to these settlers headed westward through southwest Virginia. With the first stops along the Wilderness Road being in Montgomery County, this study sought to determine if public houses existed in this county between the years 1773-1823, and if so, where were they located and who operated them. Further, what was the typical design or plan of public houses and how would they have been furnished. What comparisons could be made between public houses in Richmond and on in southwest Virginia. County court records, including wills, appraisals, licensing records, and court order books revealed that public houses not only existed, but also there were often as many as 5 or 6 operating at one. A license had to be purchased each year from the court and names of proprietors were recorded. These listings also helped to identify structures standing today that once served as a public house. On site observations along with WPA (Work Projects Administration) reports and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources surveys documentation of historic houses in the county offered notable similarities in design and plan among five former houses selected for this study. Wills and appraisals provided some clues about furnishings. The result of this study adds an important chapter to the story of public houses in early Virginia history.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-04202000-11350041en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-04202000-11350041/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/31781en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCh2.pdfen
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dc.relation.haspartCh4.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAbstract.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartAppendices.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartReferences.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartvita.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartCh3.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartChapter Five.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartIntroduction.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartCh1.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDesignen
dc.subjecttravel accommodationsen
dc.subjectMontgomery Countyen
dc.subjectOrdinariesen
dc.subjecttavernsen
dc.titleDesign of Early Ordinaries and Taverns in Montgomery County, Virginia from 1773 to 1823en
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineHousing, Interior Design, and Resource Managementen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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