Fraunces Tavern - New York City, NY
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N 40° 42.207 W 074° 00.685
18T E 583513 N 4506307
Fraunces Tavern has been in operation since 1762!
Waymark Code: WMK4VP
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/12/2014
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Fraunces Tavern played an important role before, during and after the American Revolution...most notably as the site of George Washington's farewell to his troops. This website (
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Wikipedia (
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"Fraunces Tavern in New York City is a tavern, restaurant and museum housed in a conjectural reconstruction of a building that played a prominent role in pre-Revolution and American Revolution history. The building, located at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street, has been owned by Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York Inc. since 1904, which claims it is Manhattan's oldest surviving building. The building is a tourist site and a part of the American Whiskey Trail and the New York Freedom Trail."
and this website about New York's historic restaurants (
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"In 1671, Fraunces Tavern was originally to be the home of New York City’s first native-born mayor, Stephenus van Cortlandt, but he gave the site to his son-in-law. By 1762, Samuel Fraunces converted it into the tavern, Queen’s Head, and it became a popular meeting spot for the Sons of Liberty. The building changed hands twice during the American Revolution and was the place where Gen. George Washington bid farewell to his officers in the Continental Army. The building even held governmental departments when New York City was the nation’s capital. Though its facade has changed in the past 200 years, you can still get a pint at the restaurant after checking out the attached museum."
See the Tavern's own website at (
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