SUBLETT'S TAVERN

1640 Huguenot Trail (Route 711)

Sublett's Tavern, circa 1757, is one of several homes in Powhatan built by descendants of the Sublett family. Three Sublett families received land patents in the French lands, namely Abraham Sublett Jr., Peter Sublett Jr., and Peter Lewis Sublett, all of whom left several descendants.

Sublett opened his "ordinary" or tavern in 1813 and ran that portion of the business for many years. The stop was favored by many on their way to or from Richmond, and he also accommodated his guests by providing stables for their horses and pens for the turkeys, cattle, and hogs they were taking to the Richmond market. The house shows typical tavern construction with social rooms downstairs and private bedrooms upstairs. The floors are the original wide heart pine boards. Over the years the tavern also served as a post office from 1826-1946, as well as a voting precinct. When the current owner bought Sublett's Tavern in 1974 from a descendant of William Sublet, son of Peter Lewis Sublett, major renovations were in order. Today it is beautifully restored.