Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1983. A historic map-sheet match is not published yet. The record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
From the record
one of 49 National Register listings in Delaware County · listed in 1983 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.83001956- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Specimens collected near this property
12 of 588 shown
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 588 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Center Inn between 1882 and
1975: 532 Animalia, 37 Fungi, 18 Plantae, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A C Whitney, A S BRADSHAW, A. P. Morgan and others. Each is a
physical object with a catalogue
number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was
collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be
concluded from a species being absent.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
2 workings within 5 miles of Center Inn: 1 past producer, 1 producer.
1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Sunbury, the town this property stands in, in 30 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 20 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado.
No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
No historic map-sheet match is published
for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs
a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary.
Browse the county's mapped places while that work is
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From the nomination file
1,419 words on record
When this property was proposed for the
National Register, someone wrote the case for it: what the building is,
and why it matters. That document is a federal record in the public domain.
It is quoted below word for word, never summarised. The text was read off the scanned case file by machine, so the
occasional stray character is the recogniser's and the 1970s
typewriter's.
Description of the property
Other entrances with transoms are located on the east and west 2story brick wing, also with gable roof was added shortly after double hung 12/12 sash, many with the old glass panes intact.A the rear end of the house and are not visible from the road. 4 bays and stories in height. The gable roof is covered with The facade, which features flemish bond brick, An entrance with walnut woodwork, built in cabinets and pegged oak random plank X altered Much of the interior remains unchanged. The staircase, black located at the rear of the house and is included in the nomination. Another mid 20th century residence is also located behind the Center composition shingles.
The windows in the original portion of the building are the completion of the original building.It has double hung 6/6 windows.Later 1story frame and stucco additions are located at is the 3 bay and gabled southern elevation. 1829.The building rests ona stone foundation and measures 3 by - prehistoric . landscape architecture _ religion _archeology-historic _ conservation _ science _ economics - sculpture X architecture _ education - military - social/ X 1800-1899 _exploration/settlement. -philosophy .industry - politics/government _ transportation -other (specify) 1600-1699 1500-1599 1829 1700-1799 1400-1499 commerce engineering communications art humanitarian invention The Specific dates music law 1900- agriculture The new owners are undertakerg careful rehabilitation.
literature architraves, graceful staircase and black walnut trim are evidence Areas of Significance-Check and justify below 8.
Statement of significance
(in one paragraph) The Center Inn is significant as the first brick building and inn of fine early craftmanship. Gilbert Van Dorn came to Trenton Township in 1817 and purchased 1,000 store for the area known as"Van's Valley"through the mid-nineteenth very little.The flemish bond brick,12/12 windows with panelled - archeology-prehistoric _ community planning in Trenton Township. It was used as an inn, tavern and grocery This area of the township was referred to as "Van's Valley" in the 1880 History of Delaware County. He opened the first Builder/Architect Period The ownership oftbuilding has changed only 4 times in its history. Gilbert Van Dorn original log building was replaced with this brick structure in 1829. tavern in Trenton Township in 18i8 known as the Center Inn.The 9.
Quoted from the National Register nomination
for reference 83001956, 14 pages, held by the National Archives in Record
Group 79. See the
catalogue record.
Listed places nearby
4 within 8 miles
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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