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Second only in importance to the church, usually referred to as the meeting house, early inns often doubled as a meeting space for local officials and others until a town hall could be built.

The Link of Tavern and Meeting House

There was a unique link between meeting house and tavern. In 1651, John Vyall of Boston was granted “Libertie to keep a house of Common entertainment…provided he keepe it neere the new meeting house.” A meeting house in Little Compton, RI, that was abandoned for church purposes became an inn for travelers.

On lecture days, fast days, Sundays and other church occasions, people gathered from miles around to attend the morning service—with a long prayer and sermon—then had a noon rest for refreshment before the afternoon prayer and sermon. The tavern, with its great roaring fireplace, was a welcome winter break from the unheated meeting house. In summer, under shady trees aside the tavern, church-goers gathered to discuss the news and gossip.

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