Green Dragon Tavern
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The Green Dragon Tavern was a public house located on Green Dragon Lane (today's Union Street) in Boston, Massachusetts. A popular meeting place for both the Freemasons and the Sons of Liberty, it was demolished in 1832.[1]
History
The property had been inherited by Mehitable (Minot) Cooper from her uncle, William Stoughton, in 1701; Stoughton himself had acquired the property some time before June 1676.[2] Valued at 650 pounds in 1705,[2] the Green Dragon Tavern was purchased from her son, William, by physician and pamphleteer William Douglas in 1743.[3] Douglas lived in the tavern, calling it his "mansion house".[4] After his death in 1752, the tavern passed to his sister, who sold it to the St. Andrews Lodge of Freemasons in 1766.[3] The Masons used the first floor for their meeting rooms led by Grand Master of the St. Andrew’s Grand Lodge, Joseph Warren. The basement tavern was used by several secret groups and became known by historians as the "Headquarters of the Revolution". The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel Adams, Boston Committee of Correspondence and the Boston Caucus each met there. Though membership in the Sons of Liberty was secret, it is widely believed to have included Samuel Adams, Dr. Joseph Warren, Paul Revere, John Hancock, James Otis, and Benjamin Edes (owner of the influential Boston Gazette).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The Boston Tea Party was planned there, and Paul Revere (a Mason) was sent from there to Lexington on his midnight ride. In January 1788, a meeting of the mechanics and artisans of Boston passed a series of resolutions urging the importance of adopting the Federal Constitution pending at the time before a convention of delegates from around Massachusetts. The building was demolished in 1832.[5] A warehouse was built in its place.[2] On August 19, 1892, a commemorative plaque was placed:[5] <templatestyles src="Template:Blockquote/styles.css" />
On this spot stood
THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN
The secret meet place of the
Sons of Liberty,
And in the words of Webster, the
Headquarters of the Revolution.
To mark a site forever as
Memorable as the birthplace of American freedom,
this tablet is placed by the
Massachusetts Society of the Sons of Revolution.
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Structure
The Green Dragon Tavern was located at Green Dragon Lane (today's Union Street) in Boston's North End.[2] At Script error: No such module "convert". in size, it was one of the largest structures in Boston. Primarily composed of brick, the building had three floors in the back and two in front; greeting visitors was a copper dragon mounted on an iron crane.[2][5]
Legacy
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According to Steven D. Barleen in The Tavern (2019), "no tavern from this era (pre-Revolution) is as famous or as important in American history" as the Green Dragon Tavern.[5] A pub, self-styled as the "new" Green Dragon Tavern, is located in 11 Marshall Street, adjacent to Union Street.[6]
References
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External links
- The Green Dragon Tavern, or Freemasons’ Arms
- "Historic Taverns of Boston" published in 2006 by G. Nathan
- BOOK (free complete copy on Wikimedia Commons here: Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs, published in 1917
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- 1697 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
- 1828 disestablishments
- Demolished buildings and structures in Boston
- North End, Boston
- Taverns in Massachusetts
- Taverns in the American Revolution
- Buildings and structures demolished in 1832
- Former pubs