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Vandiver-Trout-Clause House is a historic home located at Ridgeville,
Mineral County, West Virginia Mineral County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,938. Its county seat is Keyser. The county was founded in 1866. Hi ...
. For many years it provided accommodations for travelers and also served as a
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tavern A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging. An inn is a tavern that h ...
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, and landmark. It is an L-shaped, two-story frame building with a gable roof in a vernacular
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style. It was built sometime in the first quarter of the 19th century. It was listed on the
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in 1979.


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