{"nrhp_refnum":"93000406","name":"Yost Tavern","other_names":["Ham 4975-50"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"7872 Cooper Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Montgomery","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.22675040200005,"lon":-84.35453229999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-05-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, gable-end, post-and-girt frame tavern building at 7872 Cooper Road in Montgomery, Hamilton County, Ohio, built between 1802 and 1809 on the corner of Cooper Road and Main Street.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A in the area of commerce, showing how commerce and transportation developed together in southwestern Ohio. Abraham Yost's tavern served travelers and locals along the road linking Cincinnati with Columbus, and it was an early center of community life. It is considered Montgomery's oldest building.","narrative":"Yost Tavern is a small two-story frame building at the corner of Cooper Road and Main Street in Montgomery, Ohio. Built between 1802, when the town was platted, and 1809, it housed a tavern on the ground floor, with the owner apparently living upstairs. The structure is post-and-girt, covered in lapped wood siding, with a single room on each floor, a fireplace on each level, and doors facing both streets. Two small single-story additions were later attached to the north end. Abraham Yost ran the tavern, which served travelers on the road between Cincinnati and Columbus and local residents who gathered to discuss business and hear news. In 1809 it reportedly sold over fifty barrels of whiskey. The tavern closed around 1850 and the building became a private home. The Kiwanis Club bought it in 1968 and sold it to the City of Montgomery in 1987. It is regarded as the town's oldest building and an early commercial and social center.","period_of_significance":"circa 1802-circa 1850","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER: 2-story Rectangular Pen","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Montgomery since 1987, which maintains the building; it is a local landmark within the local heritage district. The form reports no significant deterioration from vandalism, neglect or lack of use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:07.643125-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/93000406.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000406/7916b66a3c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000406/7916b66a3c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yost_Tavern_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yost_Tavern_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989189","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yost_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8056387"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/yost-tavern-93000406/"}