HISTORIC TAVERN SUFFERING FROM DRY ROT AND NEGLECT.(ISLE OF WIGHT CITIZEN)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: May 29, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: LINDA McNATT, STAFF WRITER

ISLE OF WIGHT -- For nearly 100 years, Boykin's Tavern was the center of social life in the county, a haven for travelers, where judges and lawyers debated legal issues.

Then, Boykin's Tavern was a family home, a place to gather for holidays, to raise children.

But now, Boykin's Tavern, one of just a handful of buildings of its kind left in the state, is fast crumbling into ruin.

The 10-room tavern adjacent to the courthouse complex, for the second year, has been turned down for a federal grant geared toward improving the appeal ...

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