Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . KNAPP TAVERN, GREENWICH. INTERIOR OF KNAPP TAVERN (NOW PUTNAM COTTAGE) CHAPTER VII SOME RHODE ISLAND TAVERNS IN WHICHHISTORY WAS MADE The smallest of the New England statesis very rich in historic taverns. Allusionhas already been made to the Roger MowryTavern which no longer survives but whichstood on Abbott street, Providence, nearlytwo hundred and fifty years — from the darkdays of King Philips war to the dawn ofthe twentieth century! This is a very longtime in our
Among old New England inns; being an account of little journeys to various quaint inns and hostelries of colonial New England . KNAPP TAVERN, GREENWICH. INTERIOR OF KNAPP TAVERN (NOW PUTNAM COTTAGE) CHAPTER VII SOME RHODE ISLAND TAVERNS IN WHICHHISTORY WAS MADE The smallest of the New England statesis very rich in historic taverns. Allusionhas already been made to the Roger MowryTavern which no longer survives but whichstood on Abbott street, Providence, nearlytwo hundred and fifty years — from the darkdays of King Philips war to the dawn ofthe twentieth century! This is a very longtime in our land of rapid changes, so longa time indeed that it is small wonder thatscarcely a trace of the original buildingcould be seen in the house as it last the huge stone chimney and the rearview of the tavern from the top of the hillupon which it stood proved amply satisfy-ing to one in search of evidence of antiquity. Another Providence tavern of venerableassociation is connected with the first overtact of rebellion credited to our colonist fore- 121 Among Old New England Inns bears. This is the Sabin Tavern, formerlylocated on South M
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