National Register of Historic Places

Black Horse Tavern

Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Listed
March 29, 1978
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
78002331

About this property

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. 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". 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

Location

Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania
39.81888, -77.28359

Categories

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Sources

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When was Black Horse Tavern listed on the National Register?

Black Horse Tavern was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1978.

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The period of significance for Black Horse Tavern is recorded as the early_republic era.

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