Roadside Taverns

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Road-weary travelers depended on roadside taverns for food and lodging. Taverns also served local patrons as sites for socializing, entertainment, or public celebrations.

Broadside, "Philadelphia and Baltimore Regular Land Stages," 1788

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"Amerikanischen Postwagen" (American Stage Coach, 1800-1810), Lithograph, circa 1815

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Waybill for Piles Stagecoach Line from Vincennes, Indiana to St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1825

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Eagle Tavern - 1

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Menu from Eagle Tavern, Greenfield Village, circa 1985, "Bill of Fare"

In the late 1920s, Henry Ford moved the Eagle Tavern to Greenfield Village. The building was used in various ways until the 1980s, when it was reinterpreted as an 1850s stagecoach tavern. Staff researched period foods, recipes, and menus to develop the Eagle Tavern menu, which included food and drink appropriate for a roadside tavern of the era.
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Stage Coaches and Conestoga Wagons in Front of an Inn (Photograph of a Drawing), circa 1840

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Copperplate Engraving, "Mansion House," 1842-1847

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Mail Coaches Changing Horses at a New England Tavern, 1855

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The Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Massachusetts, circa 1885

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The Botsford Inn, Farmington, Michigan, circa 1900

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Roadside Taverns