{"nrhp_refnum":"74001811","name":"Hill's Tavern","other_names":["Century Inn"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"U.S. 40","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scenery Hill","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.08565022100004,"lon":-80.06951902299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-bay, two-and-one-half story stone inn and tavern in Scenery Hill, Washington County, Pennsylvania, known as the Century Inn (originally Hill's Tavern), with an L-shaped plan and two gable stone chimneys.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is the oldest extant tavern on the National Pike and reflects the transportation and commerce that grew along the road after it was extended through Washington County in 1818. Architecturally it is described as one of the finest stone buildings on the National Pike and one of the finest Western Pennsylvania post-Colonial vernacular stone structures in the region, with 19th-century Greek Revival and Italianate additions incorporated into the original design.","narrative":"Built in 1794 by Stephen and Thomas, the founders of Scenery Hill, this five-bay stone inn was first known as Hill's Tavern and is now called the Century Inn. It is a two-and-one-half story building with an L-shaped plan and two gable stone chimneys, with squared masonry laid in regular courses on its front facade. A Greek Revival verandah with simple Doric columns spans the full front, and Italianate brackets were added beneath the cornice. Inside, the original tavern kitchen has an unusually large cooking fireplace uncovered during restoration work in the 1940s. The building is regarded as the oldest surviving tavern on the National Pike, which was extended through Washington County in 1818. Its position on that road made the county a centre of commerce and travel between east and west, and the inn has operated as a tavern throughout its history. Today the first floor is a restaurant and the second floor provides overnight rooms.","period_of_significance":"1794","architect_builder":"Stephen and Thomas, founders of the village of Scenery Hill (builders)","architectural_style":"Vernacular Georgian with Greek Revival and Italianate additions","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In continuous use as a tavern since it was built; first floor operates as a restaurant and second floor has overnight guest bedrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.301994-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001811.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001811/847df75857-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001811/847df75857-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Kathy from just livin' in a small town in SW PA, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hills_Tavern.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kathy from just livin' in a small town in SW PA, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hills_Tavern.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"96001198","name":"Scenery Hill Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/scenery-hill-historic-district-96001198/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998051","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15224024"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/hills-tavern-74001811/"}