Treber Inn
5 mi. NE of West Union on OH 41, West Union, OHTreber Inn was built on Zane's Trace in 1798 by John Treber and served as a family home and an inn until about 1850. Since then it has served as a private dwelling. A one-story fieldstone kitchen/dining room was added to the rear circa 1810. Treber was from Maryland and had settled on the site in 1796-97. When the Treber Inn was built, Zane's Trace was passable only by foot or on horseback.
After the trace was widened to accommodate stagecoaches, Treber Inn became one of the primary stagecoach stops in the area. One small room upstairs in the inn is still designated as the stagecoach driver's room. In 1825 John Treber traded farms with his son, Jacob. Jacob continued to use the house as an inn until about 1850 when the introduction of the railroad brought an end to stagecoach
travel. Many noted travelers stopped here during its "heyday" including Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay and Senator Thomas Hart Benton. Treber Inn was one of the first permanent structures built on Zane's Trace (Ohio's first road) and is one of the last remaining "original" buildings on the old road.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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