Black Horse Tavern (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) Explained
The Black Horse Tavern (Bream's Tavern) is a large stone residence at the Pennsylvania Route 116 intersection with a north-south road at Marsh Creek. The tavern was used as for approximately 65 years[3] before 1909, the mill tract rented by William E. Myers was used as a Battle of Gettysburg field hospital.
History
Built in 1812[4] along the 1791 Nichol's Gap Road (Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike),[5] "Francis Bream purchased the farm and tavern in 1843." During the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg the intersection was a maneuver point for Confederate artillery[6] (the Hagerstown Road forded Marsh Creek).[7] A stone arch roadway bridge was subsequently built at the tavern[8] and in 1927, the highway near the structure was rerouted from over Bream's Hill to an excavation of the new Fairfield Road with a new bridge at "Plank's".[9]
Notes and References
- Web site: . Searching for Black Horse Tavern . 13 March 2008 . tour guide webpage . GettysburgDaily.com . 2012-01-01.
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- Web site: Zacher . Susan M. . 1977 . [{{NRHP-PA|H001253_01H.pdf}} Black Horse Tavern]. National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form . National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania . 2011-12-08. (also available at the Library of Congress: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System).
- Black Horse Tavern... . HAER No. PA-114 . Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record . 2012-01-01.
- Book: Beitel, Calvin Gustavus . 1874 . A Digest of Titles of Corporations Chartered by the Legislature... . . Gettysburg. . J. Campbell & son . 2011-11-22.
- News: July 29, 1881 . The Fight at Gettysburg: The Confederate Assault on Cemetery Hill . The New York Times (originally from the Louisville Courier-Journal) . 2012-01-01 . At length there came an order to turn back [toward Cashtown on July 2] and take another road around by Black Horse Tavern, and [I] have never forgotten that name since. My general recollection is that nearly three hours were lost in that delay and countermarch, and that it was about 4 P. M. when Hood became engaged heavily. (Confederate artillery commander Alexander)
- Web site: The Battle of Gettysburg: An Historical Account. 1885.
- News: petitioned to have road laid out in country at first court session here in 1800. Gettysburg Times. Google News Archive Search . 21 January 1975 . 20 October 2023.
- News: September 24, 1927 . County to Build Another Bridge . . The Star and Sentinel . 2011-12-05.
