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A hospitality name attested in 1925 at an earlier site on West Main Street and, by a 2015 account, moved in 1952 to the Sarah Stribling House at 102 W. Main, where it ran as restaurant, tavern and inn until a closure reported in June 2015. The name is not the building, and not a single unbroken business.
A hospitality name attested in Berryville in 1925, moved in 1952 to a house older than itself, and closed by 2015.
The name is older than any building the collection can currently attach to it. Normalized OCR of the Clarke Courier in 1925 names the Battletown Inn on one page alongside a separately-named Sign of the Motor Car establishment (4 June), and reports the Shenandoah Valley Hotel and Inn Association meeting at the Battletown Inn as guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam that October1. Where it stood in 1925 the current corpus does not settle. The 1987 Berryville Historic District nomination places a "former Battletown Inn" at 5 West Main Street in its account of the automobile era, in the same building as a later Lighthouse Inn, and separately inventories a Virginia House at 9–13 West Main as a late-nineteenth-century hotel that later became the Lighthouse Restaurant and the Berryville Variety Store; the nomination itself does not reconcile the two addresses2.
A 2015 Clarke Monthly feature offers the reconciliation the earlier record did not. It says the Battletown Inn "we have known" began in what was then called the Virginia Hotel at the southeast corner of Main and Church streets, and that in 1952 the name moved to 102 West Main when the earlier inn's proprietors bought that property1. What the current collection can be sure of is that the NAME migrated. Which of the pre-1952 buildings the 1925 mention actually refers to is a question the 1987 nomination and the 2015 feature answer differently.
At its 102 West Main site the inn had a long second life. The Rotary Club of Clarke County's own history records a Charter Night with twenty-six members at the Battletown Inn on 10 October 1998, with Joseph Kerr securing the inn as the club's meeting place1. A Main Street tourism page captured in 2012 presented the inn as lodging; a 2013 directory advertised Southern cuisine, patio and dining-room service, and entertainment on Thursday and Saturday evenings2.
The 2013 Clarke Monthly feature names James Lynch and Ming Chan as co-owners since 2006, describes the second-floor Gray Ghost Tavern, and reports renovations — a patio, refreshed rooms and bathrooms, new kitchen equipment — with no major structural change1. By June 2015 Clarke Monthly reported the door locked, with a sign promising a reopening that had not occurred. The paper named the Bernstein Family Foundation as the owner, making repairs and offering the property for sale2. What has happened at 102 West Main since 2015 is not in this collection.
Seven claims across ninety years, and one honest reservation that will hold until a deed record fills it: whether the Battletown Inn that appeared in the Clarke Courier in June 1925 was at 5 West Main, at the corner of Main and Church, or somewhere else entirely.
Normalised OCR of the Clarke Courier for 1925 names The Sign of the Motor Car and the Battletown Inn as separate establishments on one page (4 June), and reports the Shenandoah Valley Hotel and Inn Association meeting at the Battletown Inn as guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam (8 October).
That in 1925 the two names belonged to two places, and that a couple named Pulliam hosted at the Battletown Inn, as far as OCR can show.
OCR text normalised by the research package; the page images could not be opened (loc.gov script challenge on 10 September 2026). Nothing is quoted. Hosting a meeting shows an operating role, not ownership. Other 1925 notices in the package (a card party, a lodge social, a resident's death at the inn) are held until a page image is read.
Evidence role: supports. The 4 June 1925 page, by OCR.
Clarke Courier (Berryville) · 1925 (publication)
Locator: Issue of 4 June 1925, page 4 (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025371/1925-06-04/ed-1/?sp=4): a social column naming a guest at The Sign of the Motor Car and, separately, guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam at the Battletown Inn. OCR text only; page image not seen.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier-1925. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The 8 October 1925 report, by OCR.
Clarke Courier (Berryville) · 1925 (publication)
Locator: Issue of 8 October 1925, page 1 (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025371/1925-10-08/ed-1/?sp=1): a report that the Shenandoah Valley Hotel and Inn Association met on the Tuesday at the Battletown Inn as guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam. OCR text only; page image not seen.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier-1925. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
The same nomination places a "former Battletown Inn" at 5 W. Main Street in its account of the automobile era, says the Battletown Inn stood where the Lighthouse Inn then stood on the reputed site of an earlier "Old Tavern", and separately inventories the Virginia House, by 1987 the Lighthouse Restaurant and Berryville Variety Store, at 9-13 W. Main as a late-nineteenth-century hotel; it does not reconcile 5 with 9-13.
That the nomination itself knows a Battletown Inn other than the Sarah Stribling House, and where it puts that earlier inn; and that the address question is the source's, not this site's.
The Old Tavern and Daniel Morgan story is "reputed" in the source and is treated on this site as a retelling (see the Battletown story). The 5 W. Main versus 9-13 W. Main discrepancy is left unresolved. "Lighthouse" is not an alias of the Sarah Stribling House.
Evidence role: supports. The former Battletown Inn at 5 W. Main.
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (nomination preparers not individually named in the pages read) · 1987 (creation)
Locator: PDF page 66, historical narrative on the automobile era
Relevant passageThe former Battletown Inn at 5 W. Main Street attracted vacation travelers from Route 7, which runs through the town, and from Route 50, south of Berryville.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: dhr-berryville. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The Lighthouse Inn site and the reputed Old Tavern.
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (nomination preparers not individually named in the pages read) · 1987 (creation)
Locator: PDF page 63, historical narrative
Relevant passageWhere the present Lighthouse Inn now stands was the Battletown Inn, reputed to be the site of the earlier "Old Tavern", where Daniel Morgan, a local resident and Revolutionary war hero, was known to participate in brawls and fistfights.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: dhr-berryville. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. The Virginia House / Lighthouse Restaurant inventory at 9-13 W. Main.
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (nomination preparers not individually named in the pages read) · 1987 (creation)
Locator: PDF page 37, W. Main Street inventory, 9-13
Relevant passageVirginia House-historic name. Lighthouse Restaurant/Berryville Variety Store-present name. Restaurant/commercial store-present use. Hotel-original use. Victorian Vernacular. Late 19th Century.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: dhr-berryville. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
A 2015 Clarke Monthly feature says the Battletown Inn "we have known" began in what was then the Virginia Hotel at the southeast corner of Main and Church streets, and that the name moved to 102 W. Main when the earlier inn's proprietors bought that property in 1952.
The reported origin of the later inn at another site and the reported 1952 move of the name to the Sarah Stribling House.
A local retrospective naming no proprietors and citing no deed. Its "southeast corner of Main and Church" is not reconciled here with the nomination's 5 W. Main or 9-13 W. Main.
Evidence role: supports. The Virginia Hotel origin and the 1952 transfer.
Wendy Gooditis, Clarke Monthly · 2015-06-17 (publication)
Locator: Paragraph on the earlier inn and the name transfer
Relevant passageThe Battletown Inn we have known actually started a couple of blocks down in what was then the Virginia Hotel, on the southeast corner of Main and Church streets. ... The name moved over to the current location when it was bought by the erstwhile Battletown Inn proprietors in 1952.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
The Rotary Club of Clarke County's history says its Charter Night, with 26 members, was held at the Battletown Inn on 10 October 1998, and that Joseph Kerr secured the inn as the club's meeting place.
The inn at 102 W. Main in use as a civic meeting place at the end of the 1990s.
The club's own account; it names neither the inn's owner nor its operator.
Evidence role: supports. The Charter Night sentence and the meeting-place sentence.
Rotary Club of Clarke County
Locator: Section "Clarke County, Virginia"
Relevant passageThe Club's Charter Night, with 26 members, was held at the Battletown Inn on October 10, 1998. ... secured the Battletown Inn as a meeting place
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: rotary-clarke-self. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
A Main Street tourism page captured 9 May 2012 presented the Battletown Inn as lodging, and a Main Street directory captured 22 July 2013 advertised Southern cuisine, dining on the patio, in the dining room or the tavern, and entertainment on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
What the inn offered, as advertised at two dated captures.
Promotional copy at capture dates. The 2013 listing's claim that the building was "constructed in 1809 by Benjamin Berry" is not carried: DHR says ca. 1810 and names no builder.
Evidence role: supports. The 2012 lodging reference.
Berryville Main Street · 2012-05-09 (publication)
Locator: Dining introduction
Relevant passageFor visitors staying at the Lost Dog B&B or the Battletown Inn, you are just a few minutes walk to any of these restuarants.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: berryville-main-street-listings. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The 2013 listing.
Berryville Main Street · 2013-07-22 (publication)
Locator: Battletown Inn listing
Relevant passageSouthern cuisine with a modern edge. Dining on the patio, in our dining room, or the tavern. ... The Inn offers entertainment on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: berryville-main-street-listings. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
A 2013 Clarke Monthly feature names James Lynch and Ming Chan as co-owners of the establishment since 2006, reports renovations (a patio, refreshed rooms and bathrooms, new kitchen equipment, no major structural change), and describes the second-floor Gray Ghost Tavern with a full-service bar, dishes such as fried green tomatoes and shrimp and grits, and live music, at 102 W. Main Street.
The inn as a working restaurant, tavern and lodging in 2013, and who said they ran it.
"Co-owner of the establishment" is the article's phrase and does not establish title to the real estate. The article's "built in 1809" and "restaurant off and on for more than two centuries" are not carried.
Evidence role: supports. The ownership statement and the renovations.
Ethan Vaughn, Clarke Monthly · 2013-04-16 (publication)
Locator: Opening paragraphs
Relevant passageJames Lynch, who, along with Ming Chan, has been a co-owner of the establishment since 2006. ... "We built a patio so people could dine outside, and we renovated all the rooms in the inn and added new equipment in kitchen. We didn't change a lot of structural aspects, though."
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The tavern, the dishes and the address.
Ethan Vaughn, Clarke Monthly · 2013-04-16 (publication)
Locator: Paragraphs on the tavern and the kitchen
Relevant passageThe kitchen can whip up some mean fried green tomatoes, and the shrimp and grits is considered a restaurant highlight. The Gray Ghost meanwhile, offers something that's hard to find in Berryville: a real, full-service bar. ... The Battletown Inn is located at 102, W. Main Street in Berryville.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
By 17 June 2015 Clarke Monthly reported the inn's door locked, with a sign promising a reopening that had not occurred; it described a restaurant with several dining areas, an upstairs bar and private rooms, and a separate building of twelve guest rooms with private baths, nine finished, and named the Bernstein Family Foundation as the owner, making repairs and offering the property for sale.
The closure as reported in June 2015, the property's layout, and its reported owner at that date.
The final day of service is not stated anywhere inspected. No later reopening, successor business or present use has been verified; "currently" means 17 June 2015.
Evidence role: supports. The locked door, the guest-room building and the owner.
Wendy Gooditis, Clarke Monthly · 2015-06-17 (publication)
Locator: Opening paragraph and the paragraph on the property in 2015
Relevant passagefound it locked, with a sign that said it would reopen soon. But thus far, that has not occurred. ... a separate building with 12 guest rooms with private baths, nine of which are finished. ... currently owned by the Bernstein Family Foundation
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
The same nomination places a "former Battletown Inn" at 5 W. Main Street in its account of the automobile era, says the Battletown Inn stood where the Lighthouse Inn then stood on the reputed site of an earlier "Old Tavern", and separately inventories the Virginia House, by 1987 the Lighthouse Restaurant and Berryville Variety Store, at 9-13 W. Main as a late-nineteenth-century hotel; it does not reconcile 5 with 9-13.
The same nomination places a "former Battletown Inn" at 5 W. Main Street in its account of the automobile era, says the Battletown Inn stood where the Lighthouse Inn then stood on the reputed site of an earlier "Old Tavern", and separately inventories the Virginia House, by 1987 the Lighthouse Restaurant and Berryville Variety Store, at 9-13 W. Main as a late-nineteenth-century hotel; it does not reconcile 5 with 9-13.
That the nomination itself knows a Battletown Inn other than the Sarah Stribling House, and where it puts that earlier inn; and that the address question is the source's, not this site's.
The Old Tavern and Daniel Morgan story is "reputed" in the source and is treated on this site as a retelling (see the Battletown story). The 5 W. Main versus 9-13 W. Main discrepancy is left unresolved. "Lighthouse" is not an alias of the Sarah Stribling House.
Evidence role: supports. The former Battletown Inn at 5 W. Main.
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (nomination preparers not individually named in the pages read) · 1987 (creation)
Locator: PDF page 66, historical narrative on the automobile era
Relevant passageThe former Battletown Inn at 5 W. Main Street attracted vacation travelers from Route 7, which runs through the town, and from Route 50, south of Berryville.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: dhr-berryville. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The Lighthouse Inn site and the reputed Old Tavern.
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (nomination preparers not individually named in the pages read) · 1987 (creation)
Locator: PDF page 63, historical narrative
Relevant passageWhere the present Lighthouse Inn now stands was the Battletown Inn, reputed to be the site of the earlier "Old Tavern", where Daniel Morgan, a local resident and Revolutionary war hero, was known to participate in brawls and fistfights.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: dhr-berryville. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. The Virginia House / Lighthouse Restaurant inventory at 9-13 W. Main.
Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks (nomination preparers not individually named in the pages read) · 1987 (creation)
Locator: PDF page 37, W. Main Street inventory, 9-13
Relevant passageVirginia House-historic name. Lighthouse Restaurant/Berryville Variety Store-present name. Restaurant/commercial store-present use. Hotel-original use. Victorian Vernacular. Late 19th Century.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: dhr-berryville. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
A 2015 Clarke Monthly feature says the Battletown Inn "we have known" began in what was then the Virginia Hotel at the southeast corner of Main and Church streets, and that the name moved to 102 W. Main when the earlier inn's proprietors bought that property in 1952.
A 2015 Clarke Monthly feature says the Battletown Inn "we have known" began in what was then the Virginia Hotel at the southeast corner of Main and Church streets, and that the name moved to 102 W. Main when the earlier inn's proprietors bought that property in 1952.
The reported origin of the later inn at another site and the reported 1952 move of the name to the Sarah Stribling House.
A local retrospective naming no proprietors and citing no deed. Its "southeast corner of Main and Church" is not reconciled here with the nomination's 5 W. Main or 9-13 W. Main.
Evidence role: supports. The Virginia Hotel origin and the 1952 transfer.
Wendy Gooditis, Clarke Monthly · 2015-06-17 (publication)
Locator: Paragraph on the earlier inn and the name transfer
Relevant passageThe Battletown Inn we have known actually started a couple of blocks down in what was then the Virginia Hotel, on the southeast corner of Main and Church streets. ... The name moved over to the current location when it was bought by the erstwhile Battletown Inn proprietors in 1952.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
Normalised OCR of the Clarke Courier for 1925 names The Sign of the Motor Car and the Battletown Inn as separate establishments on one page (4 June), and reports the Shenandoah Valley Hotel and Inn Association meeting at the Battletown Inn as guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam (8 October).
Normalised OCR of the Clarke Courier for 1925 names The Sign of the Motor Car and the Battletown Inn as separate establishments on one page (4 June), and reports the Shenandoah Valley Hotel and Inn Association meeting at the Battletown Inn as guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam (8 October).
That in 1925 the two names belonged to two places, and that a couple named Pulliam hosted at the Battletown Inn, as far as OCR can show.
OCR text normalised by the research package; the page images could not be opened (loc.gov script challenge on 10 September 2026). Nothing is quoted. Hosting a meeting shows an operating role, not ownership. Other 1925 notices in the package (a card party, a lodge social, a resident's death at the inn) are held until a page image is read.
Evidence role: supports. The 4 June 1925 page, by OCR.
Clarke Courier (Berryville) · 1925 (publication)
Locator: Issue of 4 June 1925, page 4 (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025371/1925-06-04/ed-1/?sp=4): a social column naming a guest at The Sign of the Motor Car and, separately, guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam at the Battletown Inn. OCR text only; page image not seen.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier-1925. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The 8 October 1925 report, by OCR.
Clarke Courier (Berryville) · 1925 (publication)
Locator: Issue of 8 October 1925, page 1 (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85025371/1925-10-08/ed-1/?sp=1): a report that the Shenandoah Valley Hotel and Inn Association met on the Tuesday at the Battletown Inn as guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Pulliam. OCR text only; page image not seen.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier-1925. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
The Rotary Club of Clarke County's history says its Charter Night, with 26 members, was held at the Battletown Inn on 10 October 1998, and that Joseph Kerr secured the inn as the club's meeting place.
The Rotary Club of Clarke County's history says its Charter Night, with 26 members, was held at the Battletown Inn on 10 October 1998, and that Joseph Kerr secured the inn as the club's meeting place.
The inn at 102 W. Main in use as a civic meeting place at the end of the 1990s.
The club's own account; it names neither the inn's owner nor its operator.
Evidence role: supports. The Charter Night sentence and the meeting-place sentence.
Rotary Club of Clarke County
Locator: Section "Clarke County, Virginia"
Relevant passageThe Club's Charter Night, with 26 members, was held at the Battletown Inn on October 10, 1998. ... secured the Battletown Inn as a meeting place
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: rotary-clarke-self. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
A Main Street tourism page captured 9 May 2012 presented the Battletown Inn as lodging, and a Main Street directory captured 22 July 2013 advertised Southern cuisine, dining on the patio, in the dining room or the tavern, and entertainment on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
A Main Street tourism page captured 9 May 2012 presented the Battletown Inn as lodging, and a Main Street directory captured 22 July 2013 advertised Southern cuisine, dining on the patio, in the dining room or the tavern, and entertainment on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
What the inn offered, as advertised at two dated captures.
Promotional copy at capture dates. The 2013 listing's claim that the building was "constructed in 1809 by Benjamin Berry" is not carried: DHR says ca. 1810 and names no builder.
Evidence role: supports. The 2012 lodging reference.
Berryville Main Street · 2012-05-09 (publication)
Locator: Dining introduction
Relevant passageFor visitors staying at the Lost Dog B&B or the Battletown Inn, you are just a few minutes walk to any of these restuarants.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: berryville-main-street-listings. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The 2013 listing.
Berryville Main Street · 2013-07-22 (publication)
Locator: Battletown Inn listing
Relevant passageSouthern cuisine with a modern edge. Dining on the patio, in our dining room, or the tavern. ... The Inn offers entertainment on Thursday and Saturday evenings.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: berryville-main-street-listings. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
A 2013 Clarke Monthly feature names James Lynch and Ming Chan as co-owners of the establishment since 2006, reports renovations (a patio, refreshed rooms and bathrooms, new kitchen equipment, no major structural change), and describes the second-floor Gray Ghost Tavern with a full-service bar, dishes such as fried green tomatoes and shrimp and grits, and live music, at 102 W. Main Street.
A 2013 Clarke Monthly feature names James Lynch and Ming Chan as co-owners of the establishment since 2006, reports renovations (a patio, refreshed rooms and bathrooms, new kitchen equipment, no major structural change), and describes the second-floor Gray Ghost Tavern with a full-service bar, dishes such as fried green tomatoes and shrimp and grits, and live music, at 102 W. Main Street.
The inn as a working restaurant, tavern and lodging in 2013, and who said they ran it.
"Co-owner of the establishment" is the article's phrase and does not establish title to the real estate. The article's "built in 1809" and "restaurant off and on for more than two centuries" are not carried.
Evidence role: supports. The ownership statement and the renovations.
Ethan Vaughn, Clarke Monthly · 2013-04-16 (publication)
Locator: Opening paragraphs
Relevant passageJames Lynch, who, along with Ming Chan, has been a co-owner of the establishment since 2006. ... "We built a patio so people could dine outside, and we renovated all the rooms in the inn and added new equipment in kitchen. We didn't change a lot of structural aspects, though."
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The tavern, the dishes and the address.
Ethan Vaughn, Clarke Monthly · 2013-04-16 (publication)
Locator: Paragraphs on the tavern and the kitchen
Relevant passageThe kitchen can whip up some mean fried green tomatoes, and the shrimp and grits is considered a restaurant highlight. The Gray Ghost meanwhile, offers something that's hard to find in Berryville: a real, full-service bar. ... The Battletown Inn is located at 102, W. Main Street in Berryville.
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
By 17 June 2015 Clarke Monthly reported the inn's door locked, with a sign promising a reopening that had not occurred; it described a restaurant with several dining areas, an upstairs bar and private rooms, and a separate building of twelve guest rooms with private baths, nine finished, and named the Bernstein Family Foundation as the owner, making repairs and offering the property for sale.
By 17 June 2015 Clarke Monthly reported the inn's door locked, with a sign promising a reopening that had not occurred; it described a restaurant with several dining areas, an upstairs bar and private rooms, and a separate building of twelve guest rooms with private baths, nine finished, and named the Bernstein Family Foundation as the owner, making repairs and offering the property for sale.
The closure as reported in June 2015, the property's layout, and its reported owner at that date.
The final day of service is not stated anywhere inspected. No later reopening, successor business or present use has been verified; "currently" means 17 June 2015.
Evidence role: supports. The locked door, the guest-room building and the owner.
Wendy Gooditis, Clarke Monthly · 2015-06-17 (publication)
Locator: Opening paragraph and the paragraph on the property in 2015
Relevant passagefound it locked, with a sign that said it would reopen soon. But thus far, that has not occurred. ... a separate building with 12 guest rooms with private baths, nine of which are finished. ... currently owned by the Bernstein Family Foundation
Checked: Page text reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-monthly-battletown. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Fable 5.1) · 2026-09-10. How this project checks its sources
See a related record at the Clarke County Historical Association
Also indexed as: The Battletown Inn.
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A hospitality name that traveled along West Main Street, and the Federal-period house it settled in for sixty years.
What the evidence says Building documented; name transfer reported; closure reported; earlier site unresolved.