{"nrhp_refnum":"04001535","name":"Yew Hill-Robert Ashby's Tavern-Shacklett's Tavern","other_names":["DHR File Numbers 030-5369-0127","030-0060"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"10030 John Marshall Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Delaplane","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.903251815500056,"lon":-77.92464597577072,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-01-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Yew Hill is a 98-acre rural property near Delaplane in Fauquier County, Virginia, centered on a one-and-one-half-story frame colonial dwelling built 1760-61 for Robert Ashby as a tavern, with a stone meat house, dairy, barn and springhouse ruin.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the property is significant for architecture as a rare surviving colonial double-pile frame tavern with early original features such as corner fireplaces, a single-hung sash window and pit-sawn framing. It is also significant for commerce and transportation, since it served as a house of private entertainment for travelers on the Shenandoah-Winchester Road from the colonial era through the later Shacklett ownership, ending around 1879.","narrative":"Yew Hill is a 98-acre property half a mile south of Delaplane in Fauquier County, Virginia. It sits on a hill at the junction of the old Shenandoah-Winchester Road and the John Marshall Highway. The main building is a nearly square, one-and-one-half-story frame house with stone chimneys, built in 1760-61 for Robert Ashby, who received an ordinary license that year. Later it was known as Shacklett's Tavern, and an 1853 drawing by Porte Crayon shows it as a house of private entertainment. Inside, the original double-pile plan with corner fireplaces can still be traced through hewn and pit-sawn framing, along with an early nine-over-nine single-hung sash window. Stone outbuildings include a meat house, a dairy and a springhouse ruin, and a timber-framed barn also survives. The property is listed for its architecture and for its long role in travel and commerce along a major colonial route, with a significance period of 1760 to 1879. Catharine Shacklett's death in 1879 marks its end.","period_of_significance":"1760-1879","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial: Vernacular Double-pile","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The dwelling is still used as a single dwelling. The meat house is used for storage and the dairy is vacant. The property also has agricultural use, with horses and cattle grazing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.348227-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/37/6806/41680637/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/04001535.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001535/7f87376d28-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001535/7f87376d28-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YEW_HILL-ROBERRT_ASHBY%27S_TAVERN-SHACKLETT%27S_TAVERN_-_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:YEW_HILL-ROBERRT_ASHBY%27S_TAVERN-SHACKLETT%27S_TAVERN_-_FAUQUIER_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680637","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yew_Hill-Robert_Ashby%27s_Tavern-Shacklett%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713573"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/yew-hill-robert-ashbys-tavern-shackletts-tavern-04001535/"}