Golden Plough Tavern facts for kids
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Gen. Horatio Gates House and Golden Plough Tavern
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 Location in Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
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| Location | 157–159 W. Market St. York, Pennsylvania |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1741 |
| Built by | Joseph Chambers |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000737 |
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| Added to NRHP | December 6, 1971 |
The Gen. Horatio Gates House and Golden Plough Tavern are two old buildings in downtown York, Pennsylvania. They are connected and have a shared kitchen. These buildings were carefully fixed up between 1961 and 1964. Today, they are a museum run by the York County History Center. They offer a peek into what life was like long ago.
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The Gates House: A General's Home
The General Horatio Gates House was built in 1751 by Joseph Chambers. It is a two-and-a-half-story house made of brick and limestone. The house was built in the Georgian style, which was popular at the time.
This house was once the home of General Horatio Gates (1727–1806). He lived here when the Second Continental Congress met in York. This was during the American Revolutionary War, from September 1777 to June 1778. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. This means it is an important historical site.
The Golden Plough Tavern: A Traveler's Stop
The Golden Plough Tavern was built in 1741 by Martin Eichelberger. A tavern was a place where travelers could eat, drink, and sleep. This building is two stories tall and has a unique German-influenced style. It is important because it is very old and shows us how people lived back then. It also teaches us a lot about old building methods.
How the Tavern Was Built
The walls on the first floor of the tavern are built in a special way. They mix timber framing with log building. This means the walls have a wooden frame, and the spaces between the posts are filled with cut logs. The gaps between these logs were filled with stones and mud, much like a log cabin. This building method is quite rare.
The upper walls are built using a method called half-timbered. This is a German style where the wooden frame is visible on the outside. The spaces between the timbers are filled with brick or a mix of clay and straw called wattle and daub. Half-timbered buildings are not very common in America. You usually find them in areas where German immigrants settled.
The roof of the tavern also has a special design. It uses a German type of truss called a liegender stuhl. This means "lying chair" in German, where "chair" means a support. You can find this type of roof support in Switzerland and Germany. Even the wood shingles on the roof are a rare type for America.
In 1968, the Barnett Bobb Log House was moved next to the tavern. The Golden Plough Tavern was also added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Gallery
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This drawing from around 1830 shows the buildings. The tavern is on the left.
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The Gen. Gates House in November 2010.
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The Golden Plough Tavern in November 2010.
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