Abel Colley Tavern

{{short description|Historic tavern in Pennsylvania, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Abel Colley Tavern

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| image = Able Colley Tavern.jpg

| caption =

| location = U.S. Route 40, approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Searights Crossroads, Menallen Township, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39|57|34|N|79|49|1|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| built = c. 1835

| architect =

| architecture = Greek Revival

| added = November 27, 1995

| area = {{convert|0|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500534|title=National Road in Pennsylvania MPS}}

| refnum = 95001352{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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Abel Colley Tavern is a historic home that also served as an inn and tavern located at Menallen Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1835, and is a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story, 5-bay, brick dwelling with a {{frac|2|1|2}}-story rear kitchen ell. It sits on a sandstone foundation and is in the Greek Revival style. It was built as a stop for 19th-century travelers on the National Road.{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2012-01-25| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H019279_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Abel Colley Tavern| accessdate = 2012-01-23| author = Adam Baacke| format = PDF| date = May 1996}}

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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