{"nrhp_refnum":"08000140","name":"Fraunces Tavern","other_names":["Fraunces' Tavern","Fraunces's Tavern"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"54 Pearl St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70538424600005,"lon":-74.01088794299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2008-03-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History","Education","Other"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brick tavern building at 54 Pearl Street, at the corner of Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1719 and restored in 1905-07 under architect William H. Mersereau.","why_significant":"The nomination argues for national-level significance, presenting new research on the building. It is the earliest surviving eighteenth-century building in Manhattan. It is tied to Washington's 1783 farewell to his officers, the 1768 founding of the Chamber of Commerce, and the founding of the Sons of the Revolution there in 1883. Its 1905-07 restoration was among the first purchases of a historic site by a patriotic organization for use as a museum.","narrative":"Fraunces Tavern occupies the northeast corner of Pearl and Broad Streets in Lower Manhattan. Built in 1719, it is the earliest of the eighteenth-century buildings still standing in Manhattan. The four-story brick building has marble trim, a hipped roof with dormers, and a white marble portico on Pearl Street. About three-quarters of the second- and third-floor brick on both street facades dates from 1719, along with surviving wall sections and floor framing. Its present appearance comes mainly from a 1905-07 restoration by architect William H. Mersereau, carried out after the Sons of the Revolution bought the property in 1904 in memory of Frederick S. Tallmadge. The site is linked to the founding of the Chamber of Commerce in 1768, George Washington's farewell to his officers in 1783, and the founding of the Sons of the Revolution in 1883. It continues as a restaurant, museum and society headquarters, and it was also individually designated a New York City Landmark.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"William H. Mersereau, architect of the 1905-07 restoration","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Currently used as a restaurant, museum and society headquarters; it retains nearly complete integrity to its 1907 restoration.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.491144-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/08000140.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000140/0a848dedda-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/08000140/0a848dedda-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frauncestavern.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frauncestavern.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000063","name":"Wall Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/wall-street-historic-district-07000063/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319524","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunces_Tavern","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2947539"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/fraunces-tavern-08000140/"}