The Black Horse Tavern (Bream's Tavern) is a large stone residence at the

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intersection with a north-south road at Marsh Creek. The tavern was used as for approximately 65 years (also available at the

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before 1909, the mill tract rented by William E. Myers was used as a

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field hospital.

History

Built in 1812 along the 1791

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( Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike), "Francis Bream purchased the farm and tavern in 1843." During the 1863

the intersection was a maneuver point for Confederate artillery (the Hagerstown Road forded Marsh Creek). A stone arch roadway bridge was subsequently built at the tavern and in 1927, the highway near the structure was rerouted from over Bream's Hill to an excavation of the new Fairfield Road with a new bridge at "Plank's".

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania, state=collapsed Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Drinking establishments in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1812 Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in Adams County, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania