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  Tavern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food, though not licenced to put up guests.
The distinction of a tavern from an inn, bar or pub varies by location, in some places being identical and in others being distinguished by traditions or by legal license.
Gathering in a tavern to drink beer or other alcoholic drinks is a longstanding social tradition dating at least to Sumer (3500 BC); in Sumer the tavern keeper was traditionally a woman but in other places and times women could be completely excluded from tavern culture.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tavern   (241 words)

  
 Great Falls Tavern
Within feet of the Tavern's doorway, an intake system, a guardhouse, and a huge conduit were built to bring public water to the nation's capital.
In 1861 attacks by Confederate forces in Virginia bombarded the Maryland shoreline, the Tavern and surrounding hills with artillery fire.
By 1939 the Tavern, now a Park Service acquisition, was scheduled for renovation as a visitor contact and administration building, but in 1940 an engineer's inspection found the building severely decayed, near collapse, and unsafe for occupancy.
www.nps.gov /choh/Visitor/Centers/GFTavern.html   (1284 words)

  
 Golden Ball Tavern Museum | Boston Central
It is a story of a colonial tavern, a gracious home, and the six generations of the family that lived in it.
Taverns also functioned as important community centers, where militiamen met after drills, churchgoers gathered between services, and political meetings were held.
There is the story of a tavern in the colonial period; the story of a gracious Georgian home and how it changed through time; the story of Isaac Jones and the coming of the revolution; and the story of the changing Jones family over 200 years.
www.bostoncentral.com /activities/museums/p1241.php   (1312 words)

  
 Spread Eagle Tavern & Inn Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Spread Eagle Tavern dates back to the Canal Era of the early Nineteenth Century when the village of Hanover was a bustling stop on the Sandy & Beaver Canal.
Erected in 1837, the three-story Federal Period brick tavern house served as a hostelry for many a weary traveler and for Hanover townsfolk.
Open seven days a week, for lunch and dinner, the Spread Eagle Tavern is a great destination for a birthday, an anniversary or just a romantic night out for the two of you.
www.spreadeagletavern.com   (133 words)

  
 The Folsom Tavern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Elizabeth continued to run the tavern until her death in 1805 as “Widow Folsom’s Inn.”; The historic structure stayed in the family until 1856 when it was sold to George Washington Dearborn, a retired druggist who kept a “curiosity” antiques shop in the building.
The tavern was purchased from Elizabeth Ewer on November 4, 1909, by John Scammon.
The kitchen of the Folsom Tavern was in an ell and this was not moved when the tavern was brought from its original location.
www.independencemuseum.org /aim_folsom.htm   (577 words)

  
 Good beer flows at Colonial Tavern
Colonial Tavern's pot roast ($15) is a lot of beef and a few vegetables cooked not only until the meat falls apart, but until it has lost most of its flavor.
The tavern is getting a new menu soon, so the lamb chops will be available only on a mixed grill platter; we hope that will up the value.
The tavern's freshly mashed potatoes topped with melted cheddar cheese were the only redeeming feature of a disappointing shepherd's pie ($10, $13).
www.freelancestar.com /News/FLS/2004/052004/05062004/1349820/printer_friendly   (672 words)

  
 Rodgers Tavern
Built in the early eighteenth century, the tavern was known first as the Ferry House or Stevenson's Tavern and was located next to a ferry established in 1695.
Undoubtedly the tavern was filled to more than capacity with this flood of hungry and thirsty men, and surely all members of the Rodgers family were put to work to meet their obligations as hosts and fellow Americans.
Historic Rodgers Tavern was purchased from the Society for the Preservation of Maryland Antiquities on October 5, 1993.
www.perryvillemd.org /rodgers.htm   (858 words)

  
 Jefferds' Tavern
The tavern descended in his family until the dilapidated building was acquired by architect and historian William E. Barry in 1925.
During her fundraising efforts to have the building moved and restored she wrote and published many articles explaining the role of the tavern in colonial life and describing objects such as the fireplace crane, cage bar, and hearths in the building.
The Tavern today shows a melding of original colonial era elements such as Georgian style doors and paneling with the more romanticized notions of the colonial revival period of the early twentieth century in exposed beam framework and refinished plank floors.
www.oldyork.org /visiting_pages/jefferds'_tavern_files/jefferds'_tavern.htm   (583 words)

  
 Tise Tavern / Tice Tavern
In 1829, Tise razed the Eagle Tavern and constructed a new larger tavern using most of the building materials from the former tavern and placing the old cornerstone in the rear wall of the tavern.
The orchard behind the tavern, it is said, was used during the Civil War to train soldiers who afterward retired inside the tavern.
Although the house did not survive, the cornerstone of the tavern was preserved and is in the collection of the Jersey City Museum.
www.njcu.edu /programs/jchistory/Pages/T_Pages/Tise_Tavern.htm   (796 words)

  
 Wetherburn's Tavern at Colonial Williamsburg
Within a couple of years of the marriage Anne's oldest daughter (who was not living at the tavern) had a son she named Henry (nicknamed "Harry").
The court gave Anne the tavern property and enough slaves to operate the business as her third of the estate.
Since taverns were usually referred to by the name of the tavernkeeper, the tavern was called Southall's when James Southall operated the tavern in the late 1760's.
www.colonial-williamsburg.org /Almanack/places/hb/hbweth.cfm   (1306 words)

  
 Lexington Historical Society   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Munroe Tavern is located one mile east of Lexington Common.
On the afternoon of April 19, 1775, the tavern served as the headquarters for Brigadier General Earl Percy and his one thousand reinforcements.
Munroe served as tavern proprietor from 1770 to 1827.
www.lexingtonhistory.org /munroe_2002.html   (221 words)

  
 Wolf Run Studio - Dranesville Tavern Notecards & Print
Dranesville Tavern served all those who traveled the turnpikes—the driver and passengers of the mail coach, the wagoner and his team and the drovers taking livestock to the Georgetown, Washington and Alexandria markets.
The tavern was surrounded with sheds and pens where animals could be fed, watered and kept safe overnight.
In 1968 the Dranesville Tavern was acquired by the Fairfax County Park Authority and moved 100 feet south of its original location.
www.wolfrunstudio.com /PAGES/pg_tav01.html   (519 words)

  
 Tavern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A tavern is, loosely, a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and, more than likely, also be served food.
The distinction of a tavern from a bar varies by location, in some places being identical and in others being distinguished by traditions or by legal license.
Gathering in a tavern to drink beer or other alcoholic drinks is a longstanding human tradition dating at least to Sumer (3500 BC); in Sumer the tavern keeper was traditionally a woman but in other places and times women could be completely excluded from tavern culture.
www.theezine.net /t/tavern.html   (129 words)

  
 The City Tavern Restaurant And Online Store, Philadelphia Pennsylvania   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Taverns hosted dinners for fraternal societies, meetings of political friends and foes, gatherings of local military companies, dances, musical concerts, and all sorts of other entertainment.
The Tavern was built "for the convenience and credit of the city" by a group of eminent Philadelphians who felt that their hometown deserved a fine tavern which reflected its status as the largest, most cosmopolitan city in British North America.
When the Tavern was completed in 1773, it was one of the most elegant buildings in the city.
www.citytavern.com /history.htm   (1862 words)

  
 Fraunces Tavern Museum: Museum of Colonial and Revolutionary New York
After the war, when New York was the nation’s first capital, the tavern was rented to the new government to house the offices of the Departments of War, Treasury and Foreign Affairs.
In 1904, the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York purchased the tavern and hired preservation architect William Mersereau to return the building to its colonial appearance.
The John Ward Dunsmore Collection at the Fraunces Tavern Museum is comprised of 45 paintings that illustrate important events of the Revolutionary War, including Valley Forge, the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Surrender at Yorktown.
www.frauncestavernmuseum.org   (607 words)

  
 Wright Tavern - Rockingham County, NC
The tavern is located in the picturesque village of Wentworth, which was founded in 1798 around the county courthouse.
The Wright Tavern was the nearest lodging to the Courthouse and the only known tavern serving meals in the village.
Wright Tavern is a rare example of a frame construction dog-run building and the finest existing example of this plan in North Carolina.
www.rockinghamcountyhistory.com /id23.htm   (467 words)

  
 City Tavern: A Feast of Elegance
In one month's time, merchants of Philadelphia, meeting at the Tavern, pledged their entire capital — some 300,000 pounds — for a private bank to "furnish a supply of provisions for the Armies of the United States." Taking no profits, the bank made possible the campaign leading to Yorktown.
Officers were elected at the Tavern to form the First Bank of the United States, the nation's first central bank, housed in the landmark structure on south Third St.
Even at the Tavern's famed "dancing assemblies," ladies adjourned to rooms on the third floor for their own dessert table: pies, pastries, puddings and sweetmeats.
www.ushistory.org /carpentershall/history/feast.htm   (1804 words)

  
 Shields Tavern
Shields Tavern is now operating in the spirit of an 18th-century coffeehouse, providing a venue for interaction between guests and interpretive and research staff.
Shields Tavern is open daily for coffee, beverages, and light fare from 8:30 am and throughout the day.
Shields cellar tavern room is available for banquets, and a covered garden area behind the tavern offers an ideal outdoor space for group functions with 18th-century entertainment, weather permitting.
www.colonial-williamsburg.org /visit/diningExperience/shields   (173 words)

  
 Rising Sun Tavern--APVA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Built by Charles Washington around 1760 as his home, this frame building became a tavern in 1792, operating in the bustling town of Fredericksburg.
The tavern is filled with period furnishings and stories of early life in Fredericksburg.
Much of the woodwork in the tavern is original.
www.apva.org /apva/rising_sun_tavern.php   (180 words)

  
 Chinook Tavern -- Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Chinook is a warm dry wind descending the easten slope of the Rocky Mountains.
The Chinook Tavern is a warm, comfortable place to meet friends and to enjoy great food and drink.
MARKUS P. German born Markus P. Georg, chef and owner of the Chinook Tavern, is a 26 year resident of Colorado who started his career at a very early age.
www.chinooktavern.com   (374 words)

  
 Canajohary - Spraker's Tavern
The late Jost Spraker's tavern, near Keator's rift, was one of this class, having, among its many patrons, not a few who came by water."
This historic tavern stood until the 1960s, and the site is to this day held by the Spraker family of Canajoharie.
Of all the old river boat taverns that can yet be found, perhaps it is here, at Spraker's Tavern, that one can best recapture a sense of the immensity of history along this section of the river.
www.nysm.nysed.gov /research_collections/research/history/canajohary/canjo4.html   (1062 words)

  
 Fraunces Tavern Museum
Fraunces Tavern was originally built as a house for Oliver de Lancey, a member of the prominent Delancey family that contended with the Livingstons for leadership in colonial New York.
When the war was won and the Americans had re-occupied the city, it was at Fraunces Tavern that hosted Washington and his officers in a victory banquet.
The tavern slowly deteriorated after the capital moved to Philadelphia and then Washington, D.C., though the building remained a functioning tavern through much of the 19th century.
www.frauncestavern.org /mus_history.html   (447 words)

  
 Tavern Cave--Lewis and Clark Expedition: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
Charles, the Lewis and Clark Expedition visited Tavern Cave, located at the south bank of the Missouri River at the base of a huge sandstone bluff called Tavern Rock.
Today, Tavern Cave sits approximately 250 feet from the edge of the Missouri River and is 20 feet smaller in width than when Lewis and Clark visited here.
Tavern Cave is located two miles northeast of St. Albans, Missouri, along the track of the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad.
www.cr.nps.gov /nR/travel/lewisandclark/tav.htm   (297 words)

  
 Potomac News Online | Local dig uncovers tavern
Long since burnt down, all that remains of the tavern is the stone skeletal foundation and buried layers of brick rubble and coal slag, with a wide smattering of smaller artifacts spread around the site.
It had been known that a tavern had been somewhere near the old courthouse, which created most of the tavern':s business and was an anchor for the small town around it.
Since the exact location of the tavern wasn':t known, test holes were dug to try to find concentrations of small artifacts like chipped pieces of kitchenware and animal bones.
www.potomacnews.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=WPN/MGArticle/WPN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031776621454&path=!news   (606 words)

  
 Reynolds Tavern - Bed & Breakfast, Tea Room, Pub and Hotel in Annapolis Maryland
Reynolds Tavern is one of the finest examples of Georgian architecture in Annapolis.
The building has been restored beautifully to reflect the working nature of the tavern and the elegance of the 18th Century.
Reynolds Tavern is the oldest tavern in Annapolis and one of the oldest in the U.S. We have 3 rooms all en-suite, and luxuriously appointed, which offer a unique atmosphere just steps away from the Capital Building.
www.reynoldstavern.org   (175 words)

  
 Shank's Tavern - Marietta, PA
It was operated by a retired riverboat captain, James Stackhouse, and known as the "Compass and Square".
In 1930, John and Kathryn Shank bought the tavern from Ernest Maulick, a local brewer.
Today, the third generation of Shanks continues to maintain a friendly, old-time, neighborhood bar with simple fare and fine spirits for the comfort and convenience of those who may please to call.
www.shankstavern.com   (91 words)

  
 Goodbye, Kimball Tavern   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He said the Coppolas have been asked to leave within 90 days, according to the terms of their lease, because the cost of having them live there is greater than keeping the building empty.
Kimball Tavern, a piece of land separate from the main campus, is located at the corner of Salem and South Main streets.
Hollenbeck's plan is to keep Kimball Tavern open as an historic institute that displays Bradford College memorabilia and serves as a meeting place for alumni.
www.eagletribune.com /news/stories/20050329/HA_002.htm   (748 words)

  
 Lake Tahoe Vacation Rental Lodging at Tahoe Tavern Properties
The original Tahoe Tavern was an internationally famous and elegant mountain resort built in 1901.
Tahoe Tavern: Heated pool (closed in winter), 6 tennis courts with a pro shop, pier with buoys and Pier attendant, sandy beach, and walking trails throughout the property and into town (Tahoe City).
Tavern Shores: Heated pool (closed in winter), 2 tennis courts, pier with buoys and Pier attendant, sand volleyball court, sandy beach, and walking trails throughout the property and into town (Tahoe City).
tavernproperties.com   (518 words)

  
 Hampton's Historic "Lamie's Tavern"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In the January 22, 1931 issue of The Hampton Union, under the headline "HAMPTON'S NEW TAVERN", "The opening of the Lamie's Tavern shows again the faith of a businessman in the future prosperity of Hampton and goes to prove that in the estimation of Albert Lamie, the town is not going backward." ".....
"Lamie's Tavern was opened on the 22nd day of January 1931, under the personal management of Albert Lamie, for many years a former resident of Haverhill, who also is ably assisted in the supervision of this famous establishment by his wife, Madeline Lamie.
The Tavern is in Hampton center at the junction of Exeter road and U.S. Route 1 (Lafayette Rd).
www.hampton.lib.nh.us /hampton/HISTORY/holman/lamies.htm   (1348 words)

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