{"nrhp_refnum":"95001356","name":"Morris-Hair Tavern","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"US 40 (Main St.), South Union Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hopwood","county":"Fayette County","state":"PA","lat":39.873611794000055,"lon":-79.69972758399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-11-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-bay, two-and-a-half story stone tavern with a stone kitchen ell in the village of Hopwood, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, sited about twenty-five feet off U.S. Route 40 along the National Road. It is dated by a datestone inscribed \"William Morris, September the 7, 1818.\"","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its association with the early nineteenth-century commercial development of the National Road and with Hopwood's role as a transportation hub and pike town. It is also presented as a representative example of tavern-related early nineteenth-century vernacular architecture, with its masonry construction, datestone and decorative stonework placing it above ordinary examples. It is described as the largest surviving tavern in Hopwood.","narrative":"Built in 1818 by William Morris in the village of Hopwood, Fayette County, this five-bay, two-and-a-half story stone tavern sits close to U.S. Route 40, the National Road. Its random ashlar sandstone walls have corner quoins, keystones over the openings, and diamond-shaped stones between the first- and second-floor windows, and a datestone is set on the front elevation. Hopwood, originally laid out as Woodstock in 1791, drew travelers who aimed to reach it before nightfall to start the mountain crossing fresh in the morning, and at one time it had seven licensed hotels. The building was documented as a tavern from 1818 through the 1850s and retains the form and center-hall plan of that period. Later owners included German D. Hair, an innkeeper and stone mason, and in 1944 the property was bought by the Hopwood Volunteer Fire Company. Its masonry detailing is considered richer than most surviving National Road taverns.","period_of_significance":"1818-C.1855","architect_builder":"Andrew McMasters (builder, per Thomas Searight); stone masons Benjamin Goodin, Robert Cooper, John Sutton, and John Harvey, Sr.","architectural_style":"Early Republic","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used by the Hopwood Volunteer Fire Company, with firehouse addition and fire company and rescue offices; alterations include replacement sash and interior finishes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.788646-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95001356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001356/2a61fe64dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001356/2a61fe64dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Hair_Tavern_Hopwood_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_Hair_Tavern_Hopwood_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992902","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris-Hair_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6913571"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/morris-hair-tavern-95001356/"}