{"nrhp_refnum":"08000483","name":"Mahone's Tavern","other_names":["Kello's T, Vaughn's Tavern, Howard's Hotel","Vdhr # 201-0001"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"22341 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Courtland","county":"Southampton County","state":"VA","lat":36.714632395000024,"lon":-77.06741508799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-05-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Black","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Mahone's Tavern is a two-story, three-bay, wood-framed Federal style building at 22341 Main Street in Courtland (formerly Jerusalem), Southampton County, Virginia, built in 1796 and used as a tavern or hotel until 1901.","why_significant":"It served as a social, political and commercial hub across from the county courthouse. In August 1831 it was a militia headquarters and likely a refuge for families during the Nat Turner Insurrection. It was also the boyhood home of William Mahone and John J. Kindred, both later U.S. Senators.","narrative":"Built in 1796 on one of the original lots of Jerusalem, now Courtland, this two-story Federal style building faces the Southampton County courthouse and jail. Thomas Hunt and Henry Adams built it, and it operated as a tavern or hotel under several names until 1901. Its location beside the courthouse square and on the old Plank Road made it a gathering place for court days and local business. During the 1831 Nat Turner Insurrection it served as headquarters for assembled militia and probably sheltered frightened families. Few other buildings tied to those events survive. Two future U.S. Senators lived here as boys: William Mahone, later a Confederate general and railroad builder, and John J. Kindred, later a physician. The frame house sits over a brick raised basement and keeps Federal woodwork, original plaster, pine floors and hand-hewn framing. Aluminum siding from the 1970s covers the original weatherboard. It is now a private home.","period_of_significance":"1796-1901","architect_builder":"Hunt, Thomas; Adams, Henry","architectural_style":"Federal I-House","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Currently used as a single dwelling; the aluminum siding added in the 1970s covers the original weatherboard, which remains beneath.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.798996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/13/6837/41683713/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/08000483.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000483/8c5dd98bf9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000483/8c5dd98bf9-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Joel Bradshaw","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Courtland-MahonesTavern.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Joel Bradshaw</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:Courtland-MahonesTavern.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005105","name":"Courtland Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/courtland-historic-district-100005105/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683713","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahone%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15243819"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/southampton-county/mahones-tavern-08000483/"}