Pearl Street and Fraunces Tavern, City of New York

Junior patriots in Pearl Street, looking west in July 4, 1908. Fraunces Tavern is on the left, corner of Broad Street. Photograph by George Grantham Bain (1865-1944). Source: Museum of the City of New York.

This was the old Dock Street in the 18th century. The historic Fraunces Tavern, located at 54 Pearl Street, was restored in 1906-1907. Built by Stephen de Lancey and sold to Samuel Fraunces, who established a tavern in the building, in 1762, and owned it until 1785. The tavern served as a headquarters for George Washington and it housed federal offices in the Early Republic.