Penny's Tavern Site

Penny's Tavern Site (HM188D)

Location: Spotsylvania, VA 22551 Spotsylvania County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 9.818', W 77° 38.432'

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Nearby stood Penny's (Penney's) Tavern, named for Lincefield Penney who purchased the site in 1811. The tavern catered to travelers making their way to the old Spotsylvania courthouse site (1781-1837), located approximately one mile north of the tavern site across the Po River. After the Court House burned in 1837 and was moved to its present location, business greatly declined. By 1840 the property was sold to Mansfield Wigglesworth who operated a tavern there called Wigglesworth Tavern. The tavern was closed by the outbreak of the Civil War. The intersection where the tavern once stood was known as Penny's Crossroads into the twentieth century.
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HM NumberHM188D
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Marker NumberE-129
Year Placed2005
Placed ByDepartment of Historic Resources
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Date Added Thursday, October 23rd, 2014 at 7:12am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 268664 N 4227265
Decimal Degrees38.16363333, -77.64053333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 9.818', W 77° 38.432'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 9' 49.08" N, 77° 38' 25.92" W
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Area Code(s)540
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 7501 Lake Anna Pkwy, Spotsylvania VA 22551, US
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