NY Landmark Fraunces Tavern, Broad St. and Pearl St.

New York Landmark Fraunces Tavern, 54 Pearl Street, corner of Broad St., looking east from Pearl St. Photograph taken in 1936, unknown photographer.

The land on which Fraunces Tavern stands was occupied by water until the end of the 17th century.

The original building was a family residence erected in 1719, on the corner of Dock Street (now Pearl Street) and Broad Street. After several alterations throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the building lost its colonial architecture characteristics, the building was restored in 1906/1907, seeking the forms of the building that existed in the time when it was a tavern owned by Samuel Fraunces, from 1762 to 1785.

On Thursday, December 4, 1783, George Washington and the principal officers assembled at the tavern's Long Room for the final parting. It was a time of farewells. They were never to meet again as soldiers.

In 1965, this historic building was declared a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. In 1978, the Fraunces Tavern Block was designated a New York City Historic District.