The story
Stephen DeLancey built this house in 1719, and his family's firm sold it in 1762 to Samuel Fraunces, who made it a tavern. On December 4, 1783, General George Washington said farewell to his officers in the Long Room. In the 1780s the Departments of Foreign Affairs and War and the Board of Treasury had offices here.
The Sons of the Revolution bought the building in 1904, and architect William Mersereau finished a restoration in 1907. On January 24, 1975, a bomb exploded in the vestibule of the neighboring Anglers' Club, killing four people and injuring more than 50. The building is now a museum of the Revolutionary era.
Everything that was here
- 1762–present · still open
Fraunces TavernTavern
On December 4, 1783, nine days after the British left New York, George Washington said farewell to his officers in this building's Long Room.
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