Travellers Repose was the first stage stop west of Allegheny. Andrew Yeager, son of pioneer John Yeager, built the first Travellers Repose on the upper Greenbrier River. Mail delivery along the length of the pike was contracted in 1847, and the new turnpike brought in wayfarers and regular stagecoach routes. The Travellers Repose post office soon gave its name to the surrounding farming community. Yeager's original building stood in the line of fire during the Civil War Battle of Greenbrier River, and local tradition says it was hit by 28 cannon balls. Used as headquarters by troops stationed at Camp Bartow, the structure survived the fighting in 1861 but was completely burned later in the war. Andrew's son, Peter Dilly Yeager, began rebuilding the present structure on the original site in 1866. His building had 22 rooms and barn space for 28 horses, and it operated as a stage stop and inn under different names, including the Yeager Hotel and the Greenbrier Hotel. The Travellers Repose post office remained here in active use until 1907, and the town was later renamed Bartow in honor of the Civil War camp. A local recollection held that Stonewall Jackson often stopped here and especially liked the mountain trout and venison. The front section of the house dates to the 1866 rebuilding and was a two story L-shaped structure of wide native pine boards with double sandstone fireplaces, three stairways, and a wood shingle roof. Outside stood a picket fence and boardwalks, with a mounting block and hitching post for horses. After Peter Dilly Yeager's death, his son Brown Buren Beard bought the property and replaced the back extension with a smaller two-story ell containing a kitchen and dining room.