Property Records for Shank's Tavern (Marietta, Pa.)
Description
Deeds and property records regarding present day Shank's Tavern at 36 South Waterford Avenue, Marietta, PA 17547. 1807-1995:
Deed #1 (James Anderson to Jacob Bitner) 1807 [original]
Deed #2 (James & Mary Anderson to Henry James Corey) 1813 [original]
Deed #3 (James Corey to Jacob Nicholas & Henry Long) 1813 [original]
Deed #4 (Jacob Nicholas to Benjamin Long) 1813 [original]
Deed #5 (Sheriff Frederick Hambright to David Rinehard) 1822 [original]
Deed #6 (John Beidler to John Heistand) 1828 [original]
Deed #7 (Benjamin Long to David Riehard) 1842 [original]
Typed document excerpt from Ellis & Evans History of Lancaster County re: David Rinehart
Deed #8 (Russel Child to Jane Hogan) 1865 [original]
Sheet of Confederate currency 18?? [original]
Deed #9 (Charlotte & George Mehaffey to John Waller) 1894 [original]
Mortgage (John Waller) 1894 [original]
Deed #9 (John Waller to Catherine Waller) 1897 [original]
Fire Insurance Policy (John Waller) 1898 [original]
Deed #10 Mortgage (John & Catherine Waller to Amos Bowman Executor of James Duffy Estate) 1899 [original]
Judgment Bond (John Waller to Catherine Waller) 1899 [original]
Catherine Waller will (1928) [photocopy]
Catherine Waller will (1932) [photocopy]
Catherine Waller to Ruth Rothrock envelope re: Bernard V. Santaniello Office of the Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans Court Division [original]
Stock Certificate Providers Benefit Company (Kathleen D. Shank) 1970 [original]
Deed #11 (Ruth Rothrock Frey to Jack S. Frey) 1972 [original]
John P. Hohendal to Jack S. Frey legal correspondence (1972) [original]
Nikolaus & Hohenadel invoice for deed preparation (1972) [original]
Deed #12 (Jack & Janet S. Frey to Frey Heirs) 1991 [original]
Deed #12 (Jack & Janet S. Frey to Frey Heirs) 1991 [photocopy]
David T. Mountz to Jack S. Frey legal correspondence (1991) [original]
David T. Mountz invoice for deed preparation (1991) [original]
Deed #13 (Jeffrey Shank to J. Robert Shank, Jr.) 1995 [photocopy]
Receipt Sign for Shank's Tavern (1991) [photocopy]
Handwritten inventory of antique furniture in Shank's Tavern (private residence)
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Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Accession Number
2022.014
Other Numbers
MG-953
Classification
MG0953
Description Level
Fonds
Custodial History
Given by owner Bob Shank to one of Jean-Paul's students who was researching Shank's Tavern for a class project. Bob confirmed that he did not want the documents back.
"A look at some of the historic taverns and inns of central Pennsylvania, giving a view into the world of early American hospitality. Inns have served Americans for centuries, through its War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War. They also played an important role in politics, commerce, and business. Many settlers passed through them on their journey westward and relied on them to escape the discomfort and sheer tedium of travel by foot, coach, wagon, or horseback. They also served as the local post office, court house, commissioners' meeting rooms, auction site, polling place, news centers, and even as the site for draft lotteries during the Revolution and later.Beautifully illustrated with many photographs- both modern and historical, advertisements of the times, and descriptions. -- Accomac Inn, Altland House, The Cat's Meow, the Franklin House, General Sutter Inn, The Olde Lincoln House, Revere Tavern, Shank's Tavern, Stouch Tavern, Wahtney's Inn and the White Horse Inn." [from the publisher]
The late 19th century Victorian hotel and brewery, Bube's Brewery in Mt. Joy, Lancaster County, greets its guests with an intact brewery, catacombs, parlors and bars which served locals and travelers alike throughout the generations.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
The Revere Tavern is located along the original Philadelphia to Lancaster Turnpike (now part of U. S. Route 30) in Lancaster County, PA. Dating back to 1740, the Revere Tavern was once a stagecoach tavern. Today, it serves fine American cuisine.
Provenance
Photographs and slides donated by Discover Lancaster/Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Bureau, June 2016.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-256) and index.
Contents
Chapters: 1. "For Strangers and Workmen": The Origins and development of Phiadelphia's tavern trade / 2. "Contrived For Entertainment": Running a tavern in colonial Philadelphia / 3. "Company Divided Into Communities": Tavern going in Colonial Philadelphia / 4. "Of Great Presumption": Public houses, Public culture, and the political life of colonial Philadelphia / 5."Council's of State": Philadelphia's taverns and the American Revolution
Summary
In Rum Punch and Revolution, Thompson shows how the public houses provided a setting in which Philadelphians from all walks of life revealed their characters and ideas as nowhere else. He takes the reader into the cramped confines of the colonial bar room, describing the friendships, misunderstandings and conflicts which were generated among the city's drinkers and investigates the profitability of running a tavern in a city which, until independence, set maximum prices on the cost of drinks and services in its public houses.Taverngoing, Thompson writes, fostered a sense of citizenship that influenced political debate in colonial Philadelphia and became an issue in the city's revolution. Opinionated and profoundly undeferential, taverngoers did more than drink; they forced their political leaders to consider whether and how public opinion could be represented in the counsels of a newly independent nation. [from the publisher]
A collection of information about "The Running Pump Inn " which was located in the Lancaster,Pa area about 3 miles east of the Conestoga River on what is currently U.S. Route 30.
