Fraunces Tavern

Fraunces Tavern Museum

Fraunces Tavern, at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets was originally built in 1719. Purchased by Samuel Fraunces in 1762, it operated as boarding house with a bar until the 1840s.In August 1775, Alexander Hamilton began to dismantle British cannons at the battery. In response The British ship HNS Asia fired a cannon ball blasted through the roof of the Tavern. The sons of Liberty convened here as they secretly planned and plotted against the British government. In 1783 Washington chose the Tavern's Long Room as the site to bid farewell to his officers. After the Revolutionary War, the building held the first offices for the Departments of Foreign Affairs, War and Treasury (1785-1788). Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr both attended a dinner hosted by the Society of the Cincinnati on July 4th, 1804, a week before their famous duel.In 1900 the building was under threat of demolition, the city used its rights of eminent domain to designate the building as a city park in 1903. Since 1907, the Fraunces Tavern Museum on the second and third floors has helped to interpret the Fraunces Tavern and the collection of artifacts that it holds. The museum comprises nine galleries.

Fraunces Tavern Museum

Fraunces Tavern is a national historic landmark, museum, in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street. The location played a prominent role in pre-Revolution, American Revolution and post-Revolution history, serving as a headquarters for George Washington, a venue for peace negotiations with the British