page_title: Fifth Street Historic District
section_title: Western Hotel/Nichols' Tavern
hierarchical_section_title: Fifth Street Historic District / Narrative Description / Federal Period Taverns, Stores & Houses / Western Hotel/Nichols' Tavern
caption_attribution_description: English: Nichols Tavern, Fifth Street Historic District, Lynchburg, Virginia, United States, 2011 [Fifth_Street_Historic_District]
context_page_description: Fifth Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Lynchburg, Virginia. The district encompasses 57 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in a historically African-American section of Lynchburg. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, and institutional buildings, with about half dating to the period spanning from 1875 to 1940. Located in the district are the separately listed Kentucky Hotel, the Western Hotel, the William Phaup House, and the Pyramid Motors building. Other notable buildings include the Augustine Leftwich House, tobacco factories, the Humbles Building, M.R. Scott Meat Market, Miller Tire and Battery Company, Adams Motor Company building, Hoskins Pontiac, Burnett Tire Company, Moser Furniture Company building, Fifth Street Baptist Church, Community Funeral Home, and Tal-Fred Apartments.
  It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
context_section_description: The second tavern along the corridor is known alternately as Nichols' Tavern or the Western Hotel (118-0020) and is sited at 600 Fifth Street. Built in 1815, the tavern is a replacement of Nichols' previous building that burned on April 14, 1815. The building's orientation toward the street is somewhat complex, as it may have begun its life with its asymmetrical five-bay elevation along Madison Street serving as the primary entrance. This elevation is now fenestrated by large-paned 6/6 double-hung sash on the first floor (these likely began as 9/9 sash) and 6/9 double-hung sash on the second floor. A double-leaf entry door with a fanlight similar to that found at the Kentucky Hotel occupies the central bay on the first floor, and is sheltered by a small, hipped-roof porch, which is a late 20th-century addition. However, this section of the building also would have presented a much denser three-bay façade along Fifth Street. This elevation is also fenestrated by large-paned 6/6 sash on the first floor and 6/9 double-hung sash on the second floor. The left-hand window on the first floor rests above a wooden panel, and may have once served as a doorway. Another apparent doorway in the central bay has been bricked-in. In all likelihood, the original section of the tavern had entrances on both street elevations in order to best accommodate the traveling public. This original section of the building is constructed of brick laid in four-course American bond and is covered by a hipped roof of standing-seam metal. The building was expanded in the 1830s or 1840s, and the remainder of the Fifth Street elevation took shape at that time with the addition of two bays to the south along with a columned portico.
caption: Nichols Tavern/Western Hotel
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