Widow Haviland's Tavern

Widow Haviland's Tavern, also known as Square House Museum, is a historic inn and tavern building located at Rye, Westchester County, New York. It is a frame, gambrel roofed building with portions believed to date to the early 18th century, about 1730. 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 and Samuel Adams (1774), George Washington (1789), and General Lafayette (1824) are among the well-known customers. It ceased use as a public house about 1830, then was a private residence until 1903, after which it became the Rye municipal hall. It has been used since 1964 as a local history museum. As a museum, the building is interpreted as a 1770s–1780s tavern operated by Dr. Haviland and later his widow, Tamar Haviland. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.