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Wright Tavern, located in the picturesque village of Wentworth, the county seat of Rockingham County, stands today as a unique record of travel in the 19th-century. Famed for its hospitality and good food, the courthouse tavern served senators, congressmen, governors, judges, and the people of the upper Piedmont. The tavern was constructed around 1810 by William Wright as an addition to a late 18th-century salt box house which was retained for a time as the innkeeper's quarters. The tavern was selected to become the first restoration project for the Rockingham County Historical Society who sponsored an archaeological excavation in conjunction with the State Department of Archives and History and the faculty and students of Rockingham Community College.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 38 Issue 16, Jan 1971, p19-20, il
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