This fine example of log construction with many original features, built about 1750, is one of very few remaining in South Carolina. Located in Lewis Turnout Community (named for a railroad siding) the inn was a tavern during Colonial and Revolutionary days, and also a stagecoach stop.

It was made famous in 1807 when Aaron Burr, the captured vice president of the United States, slayer of Alexander Hamilton, spent the night there on his way to Richmond for trial on charges of treason. Legend has it that Burr escaped briefly because a bribed maid left his bedroom door unlatched. Since Burr frequently visited and had friends and relatives in South Carolina, extra guards were used while he was in this state. In 1801 his daughter Theodosia had married Joseph Alston, one of South Carolina's wealthiest planters and Governor 1812-14. - NRHP, 25 February 1971