The Old Rose Tree Tavern is a historic

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and

tavern A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food such as different types of roast meats and cheese, and (mostly historically) where travelers would receive lodging. An inn is a tavern that h ...

located in

Rose Tree Park Rose Tree Park is located on Providence Road in Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania in the suburbs of Philadelphia and used to be used for steeplechase racing. The park is in size and is open to the public. There are benches, picnic table ...

just north of the borough of Media, in Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.

History

John Calvert was granted the land that the tavern stands on in 1682 by

William Penn William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...

. Daniel Calvert, likely John's grandson, built a frame building along the Providence Great Road (now

Pennsylvania Route 252 Pennsylvania Route 252 (PA 252) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that connects PA 320 in Nether Providence Township at its southern terminus to PA 23 in Valley Forge at its northern terminus. The route runs ...

) and was licensed to run a tavern there in 1739. The current building is a large 2 1/2-story,

fieldstone Fieldstone is a naturally occurring type of stone, which lies at or near the surface of the Earth. Fieldstone is a nuisance for farmers seeking to expand their land under cultivation, but at some point it began to be used as a construction mate ...

building, built in 1809, on the site of the earlier frame structure. A stone addition was built in 1836. ''Note:'' This includes The tavern was moved about 100 yards from its original site when PA-252 was widened. During 2011 the building was renovated and now houses the Brandywine Conference & Visitors Bureau.Brandywine Conference & Visitors Bureau
/ref> The tavern was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

on June 21, 1971.

Gallery

File:Old Rose Tree from SE.jpg, View from the southeast File:Old Rose Tree 1739.jpg, View from the west showing a 1739 datestone. File:Old Rose Tree from North.jpg, View from the north. File:RoseTreeTavernCrpd.JPG, Before 2011 restoration.

References

Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Federal architecture in Pennsylvania Commercial buildings completed in 1809 Buildings and structures in Delaware County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1739 establishments in Pennsylvania {{DelawareCountyPA-NRHP-stub

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