Architecture
Hook Tavern is an ell-shaped structure with one leg parallel to U.S. Route 50 and the other parallel to Smokey Hollow Road (County Route 6). Hook Tavern is a clapboard-covered, two-story structure with floors on three varying heights indicating that it was built in several phases. The tavern's front face along U.S. Route 50 is graced with a two-story porch. Its oldest constructed section contains a large fireplace with printles upon which a crane swung pots over the fire. Hook Tavern contains approximately 4,000 square feet (370 m2) consisting of ten rooms and two bathrooms.
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