{"nrhp_refnum":"04000195","name":"Dill's Tavern","other_names":["Eichelberger's Tavern","Logan House"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"227 N. Baltimore St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dillsburg","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":40.115271877000055,"lon":-77.03686365399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-03-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story sandstone tavern building at the northern edge of the Borough of Dillsburg, York County, Pennsylvania, on North Baltimore Street. The original section dates to about 1755, with additions around 1800, 1820 and 1910.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its role as a tavern and commercial and civic center from about 1755 to 1835, tied to the development of roads west of the Susquehanna River and Dillsburg. It is also argued to be a surviving local example of an 18th and early 19th century tavern whose exterior and interior reflect successive phases of construction.","narrative":"Built of local sandstone about 1755 by James Dill, this two and a half story L-shaped building on North Baltimore Street grew through additions around 1800, 1820 and 1910. It served from about 1755 to 1835 as a tavern for travelers, drovers, tradesmen and local residents, and it also hosted meetings, elections and trials. Its location near the junction of roads later numbered Routes 15, 74 and 194 was central to its business. Under the Eichelbergers, the tavern added a distillery in 1804, a sawmill and general merchandise sales. Account books from 1796 to 1830 survive and document its trade. The building is regarded as a representative example of the roadside taverns once common along western York County roads. Its original stone walls, jack arches, vernacular Federal mantels and a beehive oven remain, showing the stages of its evolution.","period_of_significance":"c.1755-c.1935","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Early Republic; Colonial Revival; vernacular Federal style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Partial renovation; the property was sold to the Northern York County Historic and Preservation Society in 2001, which anticipated future rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.416067-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/04000195.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000195/8a2ba813e6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000195/8a2ba813e6-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dills_Tavern_YorkCo_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dills_Tavern_YorkCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995240","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dill%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5276841"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/dills-tavern-04000195/"}