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.
Photograph- Stone home near Paradise where Mrs. Edward Y. Buchanan first played Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" on the melodion. Foster was Mrs. Buchanan's brother. House was once the Spread Eagle Tavern and later parsonage of All Saints Episcopal Church. Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of James Buchanan was pastor of this church.
Photograph- Stone home near Paradise where Mrs. Edward Y. Buchanan first played Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" on the melodion. Foster was Mrs. Buchanan's brother. House was once the Spread Eagle Tavern and later parsonage of All Saints Episcopal Church. Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of James Buchanan was pastor of this church.
Description
Stone home near Paradise where Mrs. Edward Y. Buchanan first played Stephen Foster's "Old Kentucky Home" on the melodion. Foster was Mrs. Buchanan's brother. House was once the Spread Eagle Tavern and later parsonage of All Saints Episcopal Church. Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of James Buchanan was pastor of this church.
Photograph- David Witmer's store. Also the Sign of the Stage Inn, c. 1795, and later Eden Hall Seminary, c. 1855, and Soldiers Orphans School, c. 1868.
Photograph- David Witmer's store. Also the Sign of the Stage Inn, c. 1795, and later Eden Hall Seminary, c. 1855, and Soldiers Orphans School, c. 1868.
Description
David Witmer's store. Also the Sign of the Stage Inn, c. 1795, and later Eden Hall Seminary, c. 1855, and Soldiers Orphans School, c. 1868.
Bronze tablet on the Revere Tavern in Paradise, formerly the rectory of All Saints Episcopal Church. From 1841 until 1854 the rector was Edward Y. Buchanan, brother of President James Buchanan. He lived here with his wife, Eliza, sister of the songwriter Stephen Foster. Erected in 1954.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
