The Old 76 House

The Old '76 House is located on 110 Main St, Tappan, New York , just past the village green near the light at the center of town is one of America's oldest taverns. Casparus Mabie, a cousin of the Loyalist Maybees, built The Old '76 House, then known as "Mabie's Inn", the home of Yoast Mabie in 1755. The Orangetown Resolutions were adopted at Yoast Mabie's home on July 4th 1774, two years prior to the date of adopting the Declaration of Independence

The Old '76 House was often used during The American Revolutionary War. Through its long use as a meeting place for patriots, The Old '76 House established itself as safe ground for Americans in the mist of the revolution and also served as the "prison" of the Revolution's most notorious spy as denoted by the historical marker in the front, Major John André.

The Old '76 House, although often referred to as "André's Prison", was not a real prison nor used as a place of incarceration for anyone before or since.

In 1800 The Old '76 House become a tavern and has been a place of shelter for tired travelers for more than two hundred years. This tavern has accommodated on various occasions, every General of the west wing of the Continental Army including Commander-in-Chief General George Washington who, with his chief provisioner Samuel Fraunces, owner of Fraunces Tavern in New York City, dined in The Old '76 House.

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