Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States
United States historic place
Raleigh Tavern
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
Reconstructed Raleigh Tavern from Duke of Gloucester Street
Location
Williamsburg, Virginia
Built
1930-31[1]
Architectural style
Colonial Revival
Part of
Williamsburg Historic District (ID66000925[2])
Added to NRHP
October 15, 1966
The Raleigh Tavern was a tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was one of the largest taverns in colonial Virginia. It gained some fame in the pre-American Revolutionary War Colony of Virginia as a gathering place for legislators after several Royal Governors officially dissolved the House of Burgesses, the elected legislative body, when their actions did not suit the Crown. It was also the site of the founding of the Phi Beta Kappa Society on December 5, 1776.[3]
Rebuilt in 1930–31, it was both the first building to be reconstructed and to be opened as part of Colonial Williamsburg.[1][4] Unlike several other taverns in Williamsburg that operate as restaurants or inns, the reconstructed Raleigh Tavern building serves as a museum, showing visitors how the tavern would have appeared.
It was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, an important figure in the English settlement of Virginia. A lead bust of Raleigh sat above the entrance door.
^ abWilson, Richard Guy (2002). Buildings of Virginia: Tidewater and Piedmont. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 365. ISBN 0-19-515206-9.
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^Tyler, p. 166
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The RaleighTavern was a tavern in Williamsburg, Virginia, and was one of the largest taverns in colonial Virginia. It gained some fame in the pre-American...
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frequented the RaleighTavern as a common meeting area off the college campus. A persistent story maintains that a Masonic lodge also met at this tavern, but the...
College of William & Mary associates. Prominent buildings include the RaleighTavern, the Capitol, the Governor's Palace (all reconstructed), as well as...
receiving the dissolution order. The burgesses then repaired to the RaleighTavern, where they passed the Virginia Nonimportation Resolutions on May 18...
Tea Party, and several burgesses, including Henry, convened at the RaleighTavern to formulate a response. According to George Mason, a former burgess...
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and likely joined the members after the dissolution when they met at RaleighTavern in Williamsburg. New elections had to be held for burgess and for delegate...
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and met regularly for discussion and fellowship, especially at the RaleighTavern. The group became publicly known by the backronym "Flat Hat Club" in...
sympathetic, dissolved the legislature. The Burgesses reconvened in RaleighTavern and made an agreement to ban British imports. Britain gave up the attempt...
imagined having been sung in the tavern, in which each new verse is "composed" by one of the poet-guests, including Raleigh, Drayton, "Shakespeare's friend"...
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restored or reconstructed at the time of the production. The Capitol, RaleighTavern, and Governor's Palace are prominently featured. In 1755, the father...
been elected by propertied freeholders throughout the colony, moved to RaleighTavern to continue meeting. The Burgesses declared support for Massachusetts...
Governor Lord Botetourt dissolved the assembly. The members met at RaleighTavern and adopted a boycott agreement known as the "Association". The non-importation...
– The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at RaleighTavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity. 1778 –...
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Colonial Williamsburg in neighboring exhibition buildings or operating taverns, blending in with the existing decor. In 1939, fifty-four pieces of the...
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