Short's Tavern

	Short's Tavern
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Short's Tavern in 2013
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Location	282 Market Street,; Swansea, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°45′42″N 71°16′9″W / 41.76167°N 71.26917°WCoordinates: 41°45′42″N 71°16′9″W / 41.76167°N 71.26917°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1742
Architectural style	Georgian
MPS	Swansea MRA
NRHP reference No.	90000072
Added to NRHP	February 16, 1990

Short's Tavern is a historic building in Swansea, Massachusetts. In form it is a three-quarter Georgian house, 2+1⁄2 stories in height and four bays across, with a side gable roof and a central chimney. The main entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window and gabled pediment. The house was built c. 1742 as a farm house, and was acquired 1851 by James Short, who operated a tavern on the premises, capitalizing on its location along what was then a major county road.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "NRHP nomination for Short's Tavern". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Short's Tavern". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-06-27.

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