Colrain’s first publick house, built in 1738-39, was known as Pennell’s Tavern, later Woods’ Tavern and an inn. It was here that Colrain’s Committee of Correspondence met in 1774 “to discuss the situation and other matters including probably, certain liquids that John Woods naturally kept” and framed the Colrain Resolutions against the tea tax and British rule, according to “Early Settlers of Colrain” by Charles H. McClellan (1885). A portion of the tavern’s wainscoting is preserved in the Historical Museum in Deerfield. The building stood just northwest of the home David Nims at the top of Chandler Hill. This photo was taken long after the tavern ceased to function and shortly before it was torn down in the 1890s.
A scanned copy of the Lyon family genealogy on the Google books website is the source of this photo.
