{"nrhp_refnum":"71000705","name":"Old Rose Tree Tavern","other_names":["Three Tuns","Red Lion"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NE of jct. of Rose Tree and Providence Rds.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Media","county":"Delaware County","state":"PA","lat":39.93814942400007,"lon":-75.39233839199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-06-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½-storey tavern of local fieldstone on Providence Road (Rose Tree Road area) in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, built in two parts in 1809 and 1839 on a site where a tavern license was first granted in 1739.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the tavern represents well the better class of eastern Pennsylvania tavern of the late 18th and early 19th century. Its fireplaces and interior woodwork are described as original, and it retains much original millwork and is largely unaltered from its 1836 period. Its association with the colonial-era Calvert family and the tavern's transportation role on the Providence Great Road are also cited.","narrative":"Built of local fieldstone along the old Providence Great Road in Upper Providence, Delaware County, the Rose Tree Tavern grew in two stages, the first section dating from 1809 and a large stone addition completed in 1836. Its roots lie in 1739, when Daniel Calvert, a grandson of settler John Calvert, was granted a license to sell beer and cider and keep a house of entertainment after an earlier petition had been refused. The building's proportions recall the eighteenth century. Its four third-floor dormers have arched fanlights, and the 1809 front door keeps its Georgian dog-eared molding and four-light transom. Inside, the fireplaces and woodwork are original, the mantels show the Federal style, and several windows retain small drawers beneath the sills. The tavern is valued as a well-preserved example of a larger eastern Pennsylvania inn of its era, largely unaltered from its 1836 appearance.","period_of_significance":"1809-1836","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian and Federal elements (Georgian dog-eared door molding, Federal-style mantels)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The document states the building was endangered by road widening; a 1971 note says it would be moved, not demolished, and a later 1985 review accepted a move on the same lot.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.342036-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/71000705.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000705/421df52988-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000705/421df52988-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Rose_Tree_from_North.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:Old_Rose_Tree_from_North.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998450","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Rose_Tree_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7084870"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/delaware-county/old-rose-tree-tavern-71000705/"}