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Fraunces Tavern is a museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The location played a prominent role in history before, during, and after the American Revolution .
English: Fraunces Tavern in New York City - NRHP reference No 08000140 This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
Samuel Fraunces (1722/23 [note 1] – October 10, 1795) was an American restaurateur and the owner/operator of Fraunces Tavern in New York City. During the Revolutionary War , he provided for prisoners held during the seven-year British occupation of New York City (1776-1783), and claimed to have been a spy for the American side. [ 3 ]
Fraunces Tavern was the site of merchants' meetings on the post-1763 taxes, plots by the Sons of Liberty, and entertainments for British and Loyalist officers during the American Revolution. In its Long Room, on December 4, 1783, General George Washington said farewell to his officers and family.
The bar is in the Fraunces Tavern Block Historic District, a National Historic Landmark District and a New York City designated landmark district. The establishment has three stories, including a ground-floor taproom with basic drinks, a second-floor parlor with craft cocktails, and a third-floor, private room for parties.
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The Fraunces Tavern museum treats the building as a continuous structure, and presumably they are in a position to know. Unless you have documentation that indicates the old structure was entirely demolished, it should be treated as one building. Nowhere except in your version of the article is Fraunces Tavern treated as two buildings.
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