Skinner-Tinkham House
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Skinner-Tinkham House
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South profile and east elevation, 2010
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| Location | Barre Center, NY |
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| Nearest city | Batavia |
| Coordinates | 43°11′11″N 78°11′40″W / 43.18639°N 78.19444°WCoordinates: 43°11′11″N 78°11′40″W / 43.18639°N 78.19444°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (6,100 m2) |
| Architectural style | Federal, Italianate |
| NRHP reference # | 04000291 |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 2004 |
The Skinner-Tinkham House, commonly known as the Barre Center Tavern, is located at Maple Street and Oak Orchard Road (New York State Route 98) in Barre Center, New York, United States. It is a brick house in the Federal style built around 1830. It was renovated after the Civil War, which brought some Italianate touches to it.
Originally it was a tavern along one of the Western New York region's busier transportation routes, renovated into a house by a wealthy local farmer after that business ended. It is a rare surviving Federal-style brick tavern in Orleans County. It is currently vacant and in a state of disrepair, although some restoration efforts have been made. In 2004 it and a nearby barn were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The house and barn are located on a 1.5-acre (6,100 m2) lot at the northwest corner of the roads, on the hamlet of Barre Center. The hamlet is a small group of buildings on small lots grouped along the highway in the midst of the surrounding rural area. To the immediate south is a commercial building and church; a general store is located across the street and to the southeast. The land in the area is flat.
At the northeast corner of the lot, the house is a two-story five-by-two-bay structure faced in brick laid in Flemish bond on a stone foundation topped with a gabled roof currently covered in tar paper, pierced by two brick end chimneys. A one-and-a-half-story brick wing with similar roof projects from the south face; from its west projects a frame wing of similar height sided in clapboard. Between the main block and south wing is a small wooden addition in a visible state of disrepair. In the center of the south wing is the entrance to the cellar.
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