{"nrhp_refnum":"83001833","name":"Smith Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"440 Bedford Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Armonk","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.126423018000025,"lon":-73.69394221099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-09-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Exploration/Settlement"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Smith Tavern is an eighteenth-century two-story wood frame building at 440 Bedford Road in Armonk, Westchester County, New York, on the old Danbury Post Road at the 37th milestone from New York City. It has three construction sections, including a late eighteenth-century main block and a 1898 enlargement of the northeast wing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the tavern is closely tied to the early settlement and development of Armonk and the North Castle area. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries it served as the center of local political and social life and as the main stopover for travelers on the Danbury Post Road. It is also described as a rare eighteenth-century survivor in a heavily suburbanized part of Westchester County.","narrative":"Smith Tavern is a two-story wood frame building at 440 Bedford Road in Armonk, New York, set on about two acres beside the old Danbury Post Road, at what was the 37th milestone from New York City. Its oldest portion is an eighteenth-century house, joined by a main section built shortly before the Revolution and a large enlargement of 1898. The building served in turn as a farmhouse, inn, community center and private residence. In the late 1700s and early 1800s it hosted town meetings, elections and political rallies, and it was an overnight stop for stagecoaches. Captain John Smith bought it in 1797, and the North Castle Post Office opened there in 1809 with Smith as postmaster. Rail development in the mid-nineteenth century bypassed the tavern and ended its role as the town center. It is regarded as a rare eighteenth-century survivor in a suburbanized area. The North Castle Historical Society bought it in 1977 and operates it as a museum.","period_of_significance":"last half of eighteenth century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the North Castle Historical Society, which converted the building into a museum after purchasing it in 1977; the form marks it occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.458204-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83001833.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001833/2a3bc9be17-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001833/2a3bc9be17-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smith_Tavern,_Armonk,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</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:Smith_Tavern,_Armonk,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323213","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7545339"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/smith-tavern-83001833/"}