{"nrhp_refnum":"92001498","name":"Defibaugh Tavern","other_names":["Willow Grove Tavern"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 30 N side, E of Bedford, Snake Spring Valley Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bedford","county":"Bedford County","state":"PA","lat":40.02624690600004,"lon":-78.45246219299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A log and frame tavern house on a bend of the Juniata River near the village of Hartley, along present-day Route 30 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, built c. 1785 in Providence Township. It has a double-stacked front porch and a later frame kitchen ell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the tavern is a rare surviving and representative example of a late 18th to 19th century tavern in Bedford County, associated with the Defibaugh family of distillers and tavern keepers during the Whiskey Rebellion. Family members are documented as taking part in the excise protest, and the building is linked to the anti-excise activity of the period.","narrative":"Built around 1785 on a bend of the Juniata River near Hartley in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, the Defibaugh Tavern is a log and frame house on a high rubblestone foundation, with a double-stacked front porch and a rear porch. The original log section has two bays, and a frame section of three bays was added in the early 19th century. Its owners were distillers and tavern keepers, and family members are recorded as taking part in the Whiskey Rebellion excise protests of the 1790s. Court records list Jacob and Adam Defibaugh among men charged in 1794 with treasonable activity linked to the protests. The building is regarded as a rare surviving example of a late 18th and early 19th century vernacular tavern in Bedford County. It later served as a drovers' tavern and was known as the Willow Grove Tavern by the mid-19th century. A barn from the late 18th century also stands on the property.","period_of_significance":"1785-1815","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular tavern house","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Restored in 1978 according to a datestone; the kitchen ell was rebuilt in frame with stone veneer in the late twentieth century; the tavern was operated by Defibaugh family members until the 1860s.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.102335-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/92001498.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001498/66b5b42ce0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/92001498/66b5b42ce0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"JERRYE AND ROY KLOTZ MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEFIBAUGH_TAVERN,_BEDFORD_COUNTY,_PENNSYLVANIA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE AND 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:DEFIBAUGH_TAVERN,_BEDFORD_COUNTY,_PENNSYLVANIA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992276","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defibaugh_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5251546"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bedford-county/defibaugh-tavern-92001498/"}