Checkerboard Inn
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checkerboard-inn-310-10596942
title:
Checkerboard Inn
text:
The Checkerboard Inn, also known as the Forshee-Jenkins House, is a late 18th-century frame building located on Mansion Ridge Golf Club in Monroe, New York, United States. Originally built as a house, within a decade it went into service as an inn when the Orange Turnpike, an early toll road through the area, opened in 1802. It takes its name from an early owner's reputed decision to paint it in a checkerboard pattern to attract business, although this has not been conclusively established. In t
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkerboard_Inn
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date modified:
2021-03-28T22:04:59Z
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