Headley Inn was one of the most beautiful and interesting old stopping places, providing lodging and refreshment for westward immigration for 30 years. It passed half a century with rooms stored with fragrant apples and cider and huge heaps of wood. When people returned to the highways in motorcars, the inn was restored to its original use and became famous along Route 40, the National Road, for its food and lodging. It gained national fame when it was pictured in one of the great mural paintings in the State of Ohio exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1933. The 9-room inn was built in 1802 and enlarged in 1833 with a two-story addition on its east side. Its stone walls were constructed of huge blocks of dressed sandstone. The original building consisted of a large basement kitchen built into the slope of a hill plus three rooms opening onto a porch. After the National Road was built, Uzal Headley enlarged his house to accommodate the traveling public, began to operate the inn, and secured a tavern license in 1834; the date stone in the addition also reads 1834. The east room on the ground level was the barroom, farthest from the living quarters. When railroads were developed, tavern-keeping on the stagecoach roads became unprofitable and traffic along the old highway ceased. The little towns that had been prosperous, the Pike Towns, went to sleep, and the inns were closed, converted into dwellings, or destroyed.