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Historic inn and meeting place for Patriots and the Continental Army during the 1770s-1780s.

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1 Purchase Street Rye, NY 10580
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The Square House Museum, also known as Widow Haviland's Tavern, is a historic building dating to the 1730s. It opened as a tavern about 1760. Operating as an inn during the American Revolution under Dr. Ebenezer Haviland—a leader of local Patriots and Continental Army surgeon—it served both as a lodging for travelers and as a meeting place for supporters of the Continental Congress. John Adams, Samuel Adams, George Washington, and General Lafayette are among the well-known guests. 

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