tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post5211908027319782797..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: McGown's Pass: the original tavern on the greenThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-3196895508834255592011-05-11T04:34:34.534-04:002011-05-11T04:34:34.534-04:00The original tavern was the Black Horse, which Dan...The original tavern was the Black Horse, which Daniel McGowan bought along with 10 acres of property from his wife's brother-in-law Jacob Dyckman in March 1756. The McGowans leased the inn to John Leggett and family in the 1780s, held the property till the 1840s. The Mount St. Vincent's Hotel ran in the old McGowan house and convent property from 1866 till early 1881, when most of it burned down. The refreshment house was rebuilt in Central Park 'carpenter gothic' style and continued till 1915. After 1890 it was renamed the McGowns Pass Tavern. Note that these latter roadhouses were built over the foundations of the Dyckman/McGowan houses and Mount St. Vincent convent, rather than on the site of the original Black Horse Tavern, which is on the other side of East Drive (Post Road). There is still a pile of rocky rubble in the Bridle Path at the tavern's approximate location.margotdarbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052137458431035643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-36142789743059352922009-06-08T20:51:46.008-04:002009-06-08T20:51:46.008-04:00Before McGown's Tavern existed, there stood a ...Before McGown's Tavern existed, there stood a hotel named Stetson's which eventually changed it's name to Mt. Saint Vincent Hotel. The proprietor of the establishments was Columbus Ryan the first superintendent of Central Park. The building burned down 1/2/1881.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com