Name: Gadsbys Tavern
Address: 138 N Royal St, Alexandria, VA, 22314, US
Telephone: (703) 548-1288

General Description

Founded as a seaport in 1749, Alexandria has always greeted visitors from near and far. Taverns, like Gadsby's, provided travelers with much needed rest, food and drink, the latest news, a place to make business deals and to hold political discussions, and a variety of entertainment. The site known as Gadsby's Tavern consists of two buildings, a (circa) 1785 tavern & the 1792 City Hotel. Named after Englishman John Gadsby, an entrepreneur who leased the buildings & operated them as tavern keeper from 1796's til 1808, the tavern & hotel were the center of Alexandria's economic, political, & social life in the late-18th and early-19th centuries.The tavern, circa 1770, now houses the museum. The City hotel now houses the restaurant and ballroom. both were Meccas for public figures who established the nation's capital in the City of Washington. The City hotel was a veritable skyscraper when it was erected in 1792.

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Gadsby's Tavern

138 N Royal St
Alexandria, VA 22314

(703) 548-1288

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Gadsby's Tavern

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138 N Royal St Alexandria VA, 22314

(703) 548-1288

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