Black Horse Tavern (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)
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Black Horse Tavern
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Two-story former tavern with addition
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| Location | 83 Black Horse Tavern Road,Cumberland Township |
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| Coordinates | 39°49′08″N 77°17′00″W / 39.81889°N 77.28333°WCoordinates: 39°49′08″N 77°17′00″W / 39.81889°N 77.28333°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1812 |
| NRHP Reference # |
78002331 (GNIS ID #: 1203112) |
| Added to NRHP | March 30, 1978 |
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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 before 1909,[2] the mill tract rented by William E. Myers[3] was used as a Battle of Gettysburg field hospital.
Built in 1812 along the 1791 Nichol's Gap Road (c. 1869 Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike), "Francis Bream purchased the farm and tavern in 1843."[4] During the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg the intersection was a maneuver point for Confederate artillery (the Hagerstown Road forded Marsh Creek).[5] A stone arch roadway bridge was subsequently built at the tavern [6] 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".
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