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The Parkman Tavern is an historic tavern (now a private residence) at 20 Powder Mill Road in Concord, Massachusetts.It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story timber-frame structure, built by ship's carpenters with wall frames wider at top of first story than base, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, large central chimney with multiple ovens, and clapboard siding.
Post Ranch homestead on Highway 1 circa 1930 Post Ranch Inn 1920. In 1848, William Brainard "W.B." Post (1830-1908) came to California after a voyage around the Horn of Africa from his native Connecticut, making landfall in Monterey. From 1848 to 1850, he worked at a whaling station near Point Lobos, spending half a year at sea.
Francis Parkman Jr. (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America.
Between Boston and Springfield along Old Post Rd. ... Locke-Ober Restaurant: Locke-Ober Restaurant: July 24, 1986 ... Francis Parkman House. October 15, 1966 ...
A post house, posthouse, or posting house was a house or inn where horses were kept and could be rented or changed out. Postriders could also be hired to take travellers [1] by carriage or coach and delivered mail and packages on a route, meeting up at various places according to a schedule. Routes included post roads.
Post House or post house may refer to: A stilt house also known as a pile dwelling, a historic house type; A post-production studio; Post house (historical building), a house or inn with a stable that provided services to travelers and mail carriers; in the United States (by state then city/town)
The Francis Parkman House is located on Chestnut Street, a residential side street which parallels Beacon Street west of the Massachusetts State House. The street was laid out in the early 19th century, and was one of the places where architect Cornelius Coolidge designed and built townhouses. The Parkman House was built in 1824 by John Hubbard ...
In the mid-20th century, a Texan who enjoyed the restaurant told Harry Sherry that he would send him a cow. Two weeks later a statue of a cow was delivered and has since become a signature symbol of the Old Homestead. [5] [2] In the 1990s, the restaurant was the first in the United States to introduce Wagyu beef from Japan. In order to be ...