Black Horse Tavern (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

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^[4] before^[specify] 1909, the mill tract rented by William E. Myers was used as a Battle of Gettysburg field hospital.

Black Horse Tavern
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Two-story former tavern with addition
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Location	83 Black Horse Tavern Road,[1] Cumberland Township
Coordinates	39°49′08″N 77°17′00″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)[citation needed]
Built	1812
NRHP reference No.	78002331[2] (GNIS ID #: 1203112)[3]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1978

History

Built in 1812^[5] along the 1791 Nichol's Gap Road (c. 1869 Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike),^[6] "Francis Bream purchased the farm and tavern in 1843." During the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg the intersection was a maneuver point for Confederate artillery^[7] (the Hagerstown Road forded Marsh Creek).^[8] A stone arch roadway bridge was subsequently built at the tavern^[9] 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".^[10]

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