Show HOUSE KNOWN AS A TOWN Brick Building on the Crossroads In inS S Hunterdon County N N. N J. J Is la Called Perryville On a a crossroad in Hunterdon county county coun coun- ty N. N J. J there stands a n solid lonely brick building which enjoys a unique I distinction It is a town In fact the town of Perryville and has been listed on the mn map as ns such for more than a hundred years The Tue bull building ding locally is also known as ns Brick Tavern having served throughout Its Us earlier and more flourishing flourIshing flour flour- years as a n meeting place for farmers of the n neighborhood and n a resting spot for travelers on the post road rond that runs before its doors It i was vms under construction In Se September ISIS 1813 when the first news of Commo Commodore dore Perry's Perrys victory on Lake Erie flashed alon along the road rond and the building was cl christened Perryville A Jug of whisky was poured over o the green greenbush greenbush greenbush bush surmounting the rooftree by WU wily of proper observance Because of the taverns tavern's site on too the east to west turnpike over which a 11 great grent deal of ot the states state's traffic passed at nt the time Ume of its erection the tile tavern of ot Perryville soon went on the tile map as a n post poet where the stage coaches stopped and continued to receive malt mall mallas mailas as ns a town for a Ii considerable period after vIce set banished the die horses and their clattering omnibuses EvenS Even now v the flavor of ot antiquity clings about It although it has hns been appreciably modernized by its present own own- ers em Hoop skirts Hoop and toed copper-toed shoes were found In the old building when it changed hands fifteen years ago ugo and It boasts huge open fireplaces and mantels and doors of ot colonial design |