The Black Horse Tavern is a historic building at 175 North Cove Road in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. Built c. 1712 by John Burrows, this 2-1/2 story wood frame structure is one of the few early 18th century buildings still standing in Connecticut, built on the ground that was one of the earliest settlements in the area. Now a private residence, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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Description and history
The Black Horse Tavern is located near the eastern end of Saybrook Point, a peninsula that separates the two bays (North and South Coves) on the west side of the Connecticut River near its mouth on Long Island Sound. The location of the shop is west of the Fort Saybrook site, the first element of the Saybrook Colony, built in 1635. It is a 2-1/2-storey wooden building with a pointed roof and a little outside the chimney. Its main facade is four wide bays, with entrances in the middle left bay; chimney is positioned behind the entrance. The entrance, which has an original vertical board door, is flanked by pilasters and covered with semicircular floodlights, and sheltered by a portico. The interior layout has a large front-to-rear chamber to the right of the chimney, and the living room and kitchen on the left and back.
The store was built around 1712 by John Burrows, on land originally diverted to John Clark Sr. in the year 1644. North Cove then began to be used as a shipbuilding center, and the shop operated by Burrows will serve the workers and travelers who moved the river. North Cove Road was also the main road following the west coast of the river, another source of tourists passing by. It serves as a tavern providing services to passing travelers, under various owners, until 1924, and is now a private residence.
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See also
- List of National Historic Places List in Middlesex County, Connecticut
References
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