The Western Hotel, or Joseph Nichols' Tavern, is a historic building located at Lynchburg, Virginia.

It is the last of the city's many ante-bellum taverns and ordinaries, and is an important example of early Federal-style commercial architecture.

It stands at what was for many years the western entrance to the city.

[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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