[2] Located near the eastern base of Bear Garden Mountain in the Mill Branch valley, Hook's Tavern was constructed along the Northwestern Turnpike between the 1790 and 1809 on property belonging to early Hampshire County settler Peter Mauzy.

[1] Other names and remarks discovered included: "I can throw any mule driver on the road, John New" and "Too much snuff, McCauley" dated May 7, 1853.

[1] The Hook family and its descendants owned the tavern and its surrounding property from 1840 until 1987 when it was purchased by real estate developer Edward Noble of Atlanta, Georgia.

[1][7] Hook's Tavern was a clapboard-covered, two-story structure with floors on three varying heights indicating that it was built in several phases.

Its oldest constructed section contained a large fireplace with printles upon which a crane swung pots over the fire.