Fraunces Tavern is a museum and restaurant in New York City, situated at 54 Pearl Street at the corner of Broad Street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. The location played a prominent role in history before, during, and after the American Revolution. At various points in its history, Fraunces Tavern served as a headquarters for George Washington, a venue for peace negotiations with the British, and housing federal offices in the Early Republic.
North and west fronts of Fraunces Tavern on Pearl Street at Broad Street
West front of Fraunces Tavern on Broad Street
Engraving after painting by Alonzo Chappel
Fraunces Tavern, between the 1890 alteration and the 1900 restoration.
Pearl Street is a street in the Financial District in Lower Manhattan, running northeast from Battery Park to the Brooklyn Bridge with an interruption at Fulton Street, where Pearl Street's alignment west of Fulton Street shifts one block south of its alignment east of Fulton Street, then turning west and terminating at Centre Street.
Fraunces Tavern, at Pearl (left) and Broad Streets
Diagram of the fire from the Long Island Star in Brooklyn on December 21, 1835
Elizabeth Jennings Graham
