The Newcom Tavern

This is the original site of the Newcom Tavern, built in 1798 by Col. George Newcom

A trading post inn until 1836. Quartermaster's Headquarters for the N.W. Army, 1812.

First native Daytonian, Jane Newcom, born in 1802, in the tavern.

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The John Jack Tavern

On this site stood the John Jack Tavern. Operated by the family of James Jack, courier of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence. The Tavern was used from 1784 until 1794 as a courthouse and jail for Franklin County.

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The Old Stone Tavern

Built in 1804 by Jonathan Fowler, one of the founders of Poland Village, this structure served as his family home, general store, tavern and a hotel all at the same time. It became an important stagecoach stop on the main ...

The Gadsby's Tavern Ice Well

Underground ice wells were used in the 18th and 19th centuries to store ice for use during the warm months. In Alexandria, blocks of ice were cut from the Potomac River. Ice was placed in this well through a square ...

Netherland Tavern

Hampton's Headquarters

The Battle of Trevilian Station

Fifty yards east is the site of Netherland Tavern (ca. 1822), which was demolished in the 1950s. The tavern served travelers on the Fredericksburg Stage Road and the Louisa Court House Road to the south. ...

Keeler Tavern and the “Big Shop”

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Built as a farmhouse in 1713 on Lot#2 by David Hoyt, it was sold to his grandson Timothy Keeler, who converted it into an inn/tavern in 1772. The Keeler Tavern, which also served as a post office, was inherited ...

The Gooding House and Tavern / Rural Taverns in Early Ohio Histo

The Gooding House and Tavern

Known as the "Halfway House," the Gooding House and Tavern was built by George B. Gooding halfway between the towns of Worthington and Delaware in 1827. Its location was influenced by construction of the Columbus and ...

The Ten Eyck Tavern

Conrad Ten Eyck (1782-1847) built a famous tavern in 1826 about 300 feet west of this marker--the first resting place of travelers, one day's trip west of Detroit. It stood on the River Rouge at a point where the Chicago ...

Brentsville – The Tavern

The Brentsville Tavern was a substantial building. It served a variety of people- from Magistrates to farmers. A notice in the November 22, 1828 Alexandria Gazette advertising the sale of THE BRENTSVILLE HOTEL described the Tavern:

…a comfortable main building ...

The Boyd Tavern

The presence of Boyd tavern, built in the eighteenth-century, greatly influenced the selection of Boydton as the Mecklenburg County seat. A major mid-nineteenth century renovation expanded the original tavern into a 35-room structure that included fancy porches and ornamentation showcasing ...