William Rand Tavern

Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

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William Rand Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register

William Rand Tavern, June 2010
36°58′55″N 76°37′56″W / 36.98194°N 76.63222°W / 36.98194; -76.63222
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	c. 1752 (1752), 1922-1923
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	04000548^[1]
VLR No.	300-0037
Added to NRHP	May 27, 2004
Designated VLR	March 17, 2004^[2]

William Rand Tavern, also known as Rectory of the Christ Episcopal Church, Sykes Inn, and Smithfield Inn, is a historic inn and tavern located at Smithfield, Isle of Wight County, Virginia. It was built about 1752, and is a two-story, five-bay, Georgian style brick and frame building. It has a standing-seam metal hipped roof with parged brick chimneys at the building ends. A rear addition was built in 1922–1923. It opened as a tavern in 1759, and operated as such until 1854, when the Vestry of Christ Church purchased it. The church sold the property in 1892, and it resumed use as an inn in 1922.^[3] It is now operated as a bed and breakfast.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.^[1] It is located in the Smithfield Historic District.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
^ Kimble A. David (April 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: William Rand Tavern" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo