Rice's Hotel

Rice's Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Rice's Hotel in May, 2010
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Location	Jct. of Co. Rts. 1001 and 1002, Heathsville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°55′0″N 76°28′24″W / 37.91667°N 76.47333°W / 37.91667; -76.47333Coordinates: 37°55′0″N 76°28′24″W / 37.91667°N 76.47333°W / 37.91667; -76.47333
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	c. 1795 (1795)
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP Reference #	92001389
VLR #	066-0009
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1992
Designated VLR	April 22, 1992, December 8, 1993

Rice's Hotel, also known as Hughlett's Tavern and Shirley Hotel, is a historic inn and tavern located at Heathsville, Northumberland County, Virginia. It is a quintessential courthouse tavern built in stages between about 1795 and the mid-19th century. It is a two-story, frame building with a 12-bay front and two-tier wooden piazza and Federal style interior. It is perhaps the largest traditional tavern in any Virginia town east of Fredericksburg and north of Gloucester Court House. The building closed in the late 1970s, and was subsequently donated to the Northumberland County Historical Society.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It is located in the Heathsville Historic District.