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Stony Point Tavern: 1935
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 8:15pm.
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Albemarle County, Virginia, 1935. "Stony Point Tavern. Nathaniel Burnley, proprietor, 1820-1829." Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. View full size.
You are close
Submitted by Dayton Haugh on Sat, 10/16/2010 - 3:50pm.
The site is off the Google map below, to the left. The actual location is where Watts Passage (Route 600 from the left/west) intersects Route 20. You will see Route 20 makes about a 90 degree right turn there. North/above the intersection is the location of the former store and whatever might be left of the old tavern. I remember the store when it was in operation, but I can't identify which structure it is on the map. I think it is the big one that you would run into if you failed to negotiate the curve! I had never heard of the tavern.
I think the foundation is still there
Submitted by bg on Thu, 10/07/2010 - 11:02pm.
Based on the map here I got this google satellite image. Am I close?
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