{"nrhp_refnum":"83001843","name":"Barge's Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"519 Ramsey St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fayetteville","county":"Cumberland County","state":"NC","lat":35.06090617600006,"lon":-78.87799367499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story frame tavern building with a center chimney and three-bay gable-roof plan, located in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was built around 1800 at the northeast corner of James Square and has been moved twice, most recently in 1978 to a site behind the Belden-Horne House.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a rare survivor of a late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century building form once prevalent in Fayetteville, then an important inland port and courthouse town. Its association with the commercial and social life of Fayetteville and its plan and simple Federal-style interior are cited as the basis for listing at the local level.","narrative":"A one-and-one-half story frame building with a central chimney and a small entrance vestibule, the tavern was erected around 1800 at the northeast corner of James Square, beside the early Cumberland County courthouse. Local tradition holds that travellers and people doing business at the courthouse stopped there for refreshment. George Barge acquired the property in 1807, and the building was later used for residential purposes over many years. Its plan, with main rooms arranged around the chimney, is regarded as rare in Fayetteville today, and the surviving interior includes a Federal mantel and raised-panel doors. Alterations include later nineteenth-century additions and replacement windows. The building was moved in 1909 and again in 1978, when it was donated to the City of Fayetteville, and it is being restored. It is listed for its association with Fayetteville's commercial development and for its distinctive early building form.","period_of_significance":"c. 1800","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Being restored; the form states it was moved to its present site in 1978 and is in the process of being restored.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.476506-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/7175/47717551/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/83001843.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001843/d20c04a6eb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83001843/d20c04a6eb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"81ironhead","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barge%27s_Tavern.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">81ironhead</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:Barge%27s_Tavern.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47717551","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge%27s_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18205432"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/cumberland-county/barges-tavern-83001843/"}