{"nrhp_refnum":"69000273","name":"Old Hotel","other_names":["Williams Ordinary","Love's Tavern"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 1","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dumfries","county":"Prince William County","state":"VA","lat":38.56872485000008,"lon":-77.32378382699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1969-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, five-bay brick building on U.S. Route 1 in Dumfries, Prince William County, Virginia, built in the form of an eighteenth-century mansion. It was known in colonial times as Williams Ordinary and later as Love's Tavern.","why_significant":"The form calls it architecturally extremely significant as the only important surviving Virginia structure with all-header bond brickwork. It is also the last remaining Georgian building in Dumfries, a prosperous pre-Revolutionary seaport. Stylistic parallels suggest a possible link to builder James Wren and to William Buckland.","narrative":"Old Hotel is a two-story brick building on U.S. Route 1 in Dumfries, Virginia, designed in the manner of an eighteenth-century mansion. Its five-bay front is laid in all-header bond, with rusticated stone quoins, a rusticated stone doorway, flat stone window arches with keystones, and a molded wood cornice under a hipped roof. In colonial times it was known as William's Ordinary and later as Love's Tavern. No construction date or builder is documented, though it has been suggested that James Wren built it around 1765, based on similarities to Christ Church in Alexandria. Its resemblance to Annapolis houses also suggests a link to William Buckland. It was recognized as the only important surviving Virginia structure with all-header bond brickwork, and as the last Georgian building in Dumfries, a prosperous pre-Revolutionary seaport whose founders included George Mason and John Tayloe. Later porches, lost original sash and heavy interior alterations have changed the building, though some original mantel, cornice and door elements remain.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":"Unknown; built around 1765 by James Wren is suggested, and a connection with William Buckland is suggested","architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is marked fair and the building is marked occupied; it has been altered by later porches, loss of the original sash and extensive interior changes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:57.866448-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/6827/41682749/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/69000273.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000273/36f060b136-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/69000273/36f060b136-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OLD_HOTEL;_PRINCE_WILLIAM_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:OLD_HOTEL;_PRINCE_WILLIAM_COUNTY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682749","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Hotel_(Dumfries,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15263803"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/prince-william-county/old-hotel-69000273/"}