Sycamore Tavern

{{short description|Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Sycamore Tavern | nrhp_type = cp | nocat = yes | designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register | designated_other1_date = August 15, 1972<ref name=register>{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}</ref> | designated_other1_number = 042-0085 | designated_other1_num_position = bottom | image = Tavern on Mountain Road.JPG | caption = | location = W of U.S. 33, near Montpelier, Virginia | coordinates = {{coord|37|49|21|N|77|41|15|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Virginia#USA | added = July 24, 1974 | area = less than one acre | refnum = 74002124<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> }}

'''Sycamore Tavern''', also known as Shelburn's Tavern and Florence L. Page Memorial Library, is a historic inn and tavern located near Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia. It was built before 1804, and is a 1 1/2-story, three bay by two bay, frame structure, with a rear shed extension. It is sheathed in weatherboard and has two exterior brick chimneys. An ordinary occupied the building through the 19th century. During the first quarter of the 20th century, Thomas Nelson Page, the noted Virginia author, founded a library in the structure in memory of his wife, Florence Lathrop Field Page.<ref name="vaNRHPnom">{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Hanover/042-0085_Sycamore_Tavern_1974_Final_Nomination.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sycamore Tavern |author=Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff| date=January 1974|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Hanover/Sycamore_tavern_photo.htm ''Accompanying photo'']</ref>

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.<ref name=nris/> It is located in the Montpelier Historic District.

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Category:Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1804 Category:Buildings and structures in Hanover County, Virginia Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hanover County, Virginia Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Virginia