Wetherburn's Tavern in Historic Williamsburg.
Located at the Duke of Gloucester St. east of Botetourt St. The Wetherburn's Tavern was built in 1742 as a five-bay house or tavern with a pair of rooms on both sides of the stair passage. By 1751 Henry Wetherburn had added a large entertaining space, called the great room, at the west end, embellished with a baroque marble mantel and lighted by six closely spaced windows. A second front door afforded direct access to this, presumably the room in which the tavernkeeper held a ball for a hundred ticket purchasers in March 1752. Affluent Virginians could rent the great room and two other first-floor rooms for private parties, drink, eat, and gamble there, and sleep in garret rooms above. At least one of the upper rooms seems to have been let to a full-time tenant when Wetherburn died in 1760. The tavern keeper's family occupied small rear chambers.
Wetherburn's Tavern in Historic Williamsburg.
Located at the Duke of Gloucester St. east of Botetourt St. The Wetherburn's Tavern was built in 1742 as a five-bay house or tavern with a pair of rooms on both sides of the stair passage. By 1751 Henry Wetherburn had added a large entertaining space, called the great room, at the west end, embellished with a baroque marble mantel and lighted by six closely spaced windows. A second front door afforded direct access to this, presumably the room in which the tavernkeeper held a ball for a hundred ticket purchasers in March 1752. Affluent Virginians could rent the great room and two other first-floor rooms for private parties, drink, eat, and gamble there, and sleep in garret rooms above. At least one of the upper rooms seems to have been let to a full-time tenant when Wetherburn died in 1760. The tavern keeper's family occupied small rear chambers.