{"nrhp_refnum":"95001357","name":"Monroe 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":39.87560923400008,"lon":-79.70109300299998,"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 random ashlar sandstone tavern in the village of Hopwood, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, set about twelve feet off U.S. Route 40 on the National Road. It has a stone kitchen ell extending from the west side.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the tavern is significant for its association with the early nineteenth century commercial development of the National Road and for its role in making Hopwood a transportation hub and pike town. It is also regarded as significant for tavern-related architectural features and elements of the Federal period, and it retains enough form and floor plan to be identified as a tavern.","narrative":"Built of random ashlar sandstone in the early nineteenth century, the Monroe Tavern stands on the south side of U.S. Route 40 in Hopwood, Fayette County, with its main block facing the road and a two-and-a-half story kitchen ell extending from the west. Large quoins mark the corners, and the windows have stone lintels and projecting sills. The building follows the center hall plan and has interior stone gable end chimneys, features that distinguish it as a tavern. Local sources credit Andrew McMasters with its construction, and Ellis's 1882 history dates it to 1825. The tavern was operated by a succession of innkeepers, including Enoch Wilson Clement, and was documented as a tavern house from about 1825 to about 1850. Hopwood was a stopping point for travelers on the National Road, and the village once had about seven taverns. The building is significant for its commercial ties to that road and for its surviving tavern form and Federal-period details, despite later alterations.","period_of_significance":"c. 1825-c. 1855","architect_builder":"Andrew McMasters (builder, per Thomas Searight); stone masons Abraham Beagle, John Harvey, and William Harvey (per Ellis's 1882 history)","architectural_style":"Early Republic; Federal period elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Altered over time: the western first floor was converted to a storefront in the late nineteenth century, a frame addition was made to the east and its second story later removed after a fire, and a late twentieth century cement block addition was built at the rear.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.287618-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95001357.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001357/0e597a9131-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95001357/0e597a9131-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monroe_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:Monroe_Tavern_Hopwood_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992904","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6902277"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/monroe-tavern-95001357/"}