Best History Tour - Washington & Hamilton, Central Park, Brooklyn Walking Tours https://www.revolutionarytoursnyc.com Best Walking Tours New York City, Revolutionary War, Central Park, Hamilton, Washington Thu, 09 May 2019 21:33:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Fraunces Tavern’s Origins https://www.revolutionarytoursnyc.com/2019/05/09/best-washington-walking-tour/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-washington-walking-tour Thu, 09 May 2019 21:30:15 +0000 http://www.revolutionarytoursnyc.com/?p=919 On the Hamilton & Washington in New York City walking tour, we see the famous Fraunces Tavern at 54 Pearl Street, a location that is very important to the history of the United States. The tavern, which you can visit today both as a tavern and museum, was originally built on a water lot (that […]

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]]> On the Hamilton & Washington in New York City walking tour, we see the famous Fraunces Tavern at 54 Pearl Street, a location that is very important to the history of the United States. The tavern, which you can visit today both as a tavern and museum, was originally built on a water lot (that was landfilled) as a brick house for Stephen De Lancey. Samuel Fraunces would acquire it in 1762 and opened the Queen’s Head Tavern and subsequently Fraunces Tavern. Washington bid his officers an emotional farewell at the tavern on December 4, 1783. The image shows the building on the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets around 1905.



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