Black Horse Tavern (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
The Black Horse Tavern (Bream's Tavern) is a large stone residence at the Pennsylvania Route 116 intersection with a north-south road at Marsh Creek. The tavern was used as for approximately 65 years before 1909, the mill tract rented by William E. Myers was used as a Battle of Gettysburg field hospital.
History
Built in 1812 along the 1791 Nichol's Gap Road (c. 1869 Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike), "Francis Bream purchased the farm and tavern in 1843." During the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg the intersection was a maneuver point for Confederate artillery (the Hagerstown Road forded Marsh Creek). A stone arch roadway bridge was subsequently built at the tavern and in 1927, the highway near the structure was rerouted from over Bream's Hill to an excavation of the new Fairfield Road with a new bridge at "Plank's".
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References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Black Horse Tavern (1203112)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ author tbd (13 March 2008). "Searching for Black Horse Tavern" (tour guide webpage). GettysburgDaily.com. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Zacher, Susan M. (1977). "Black Horse Tavern" (National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form). National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2011-12-08. (also available at the Library of Congress: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System). Archived 2012-04-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Black Horse Tavern... (Report). Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record. HAER No. PA-114. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
- ^ Beitel, Calvin Gustavus (1874). A Digest of Titles of Corporations Chartered by the Legislature... J. Campbell & son. Retrieved 2011-11-22 – via Internet Archive.
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- ^ "The Fight at Gettysburg: The Confederate Assault on Cemetery Hill" (PDF). The New York Times (originally from the Louisville Courier-Journal). July 29, 1881. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
At length there came an order to turn back [toward Cashtown on July 2] and take another road around by Black Horse Tavern, and [I] have never forgotten that name since. My general recollection is that nearly three hours were lost in that delay and countermarch, and that it was about 4 P. M. when Hood became engaged heavily
(Confederate artillery commander Alexander) - ^ "The Battle of Gettysburg: An Historical Account". 1885.
- ^ "petitioned to have road laid out in country at first court session here in 1800". Gettysburg Times. 21 January 1975. Retrieved 20 October 2023 – via Google News Archive Search.
- ^ "County to Build Another Bridge" (Google News Archive). The Star and Sentinel. September 24, 1927. Retrieved 2011-12-05.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-361, "Black Horse Tavern, Fairfield Road (Cumberland Township), Gettysburg, Adams, PA", 1 photo, 1 data page, supplemental material
