The Charleston Gazette, Charleston, West Virginia
Sunday, Feb. 3, 1957
Here is another newspaper article about the Old Stone House which says that Samuel Tyree built the house in 1824. This is regarded as unlikely since Samuel was six years old in that year. - Robert
The rattling stage coaches that travelled the much-used stage line stopped here, and numberless travelers drank a mug of ale before a roaring fireplace.
SOME OF the more famous people who visited the tavern are Henry Clay, Andrew Jackson, Thomas H. Benton, Daniel Webster.
Now known locally as the Old Stone House, the former tavern is located near here at the western food of Big Sewell Mountain.
The James River and Kanawha Turnpike was first a trail used by the Indians, then by the pioneers. During the Civil War, soldiers and heavy equipment moved along the trail almost daily. The Tavern was used for a short time as headquarters by Gen. Robert E. Lee.
The Tavern was built in 1824 by Sam Tyree. Tyree and his family operated it until 1884, when it was bought by the Longdale Iron Co.
THE HOUSE was later bought by the present owners, the Babcock Coal and Coke Co., and extensive repairs were made. But the Stone House with its unhewn pole rafters still retains an air of the stage coach-road house days.
The James River and Kanawha Turnpike was later made into U. S. 60 and was paved. Then the road was relocated, and the house stands on "old route 60", a rough narrow road near here.
Living in the house now are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Garrett. Nine of the Garrett's 13 children still live at home. The Old Stone House has nine rooms and a large attic.
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