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Reeves Tavern PostcardDescription
Postcard of Reeves House, based on one of the earliest known photograph of Reeves Tavern. Publisher: S.I. Russell
Built in phases beginning before 1720, this Georgian-style colonial dwelling was expanded in 1762-63 by Jacob Reeves Sr., a Roxbury heelmaker who transformed it into a tavern on the road to Connecticut. Jacob Reeves Sr. was among the signatories of the 1780 petition to separate East Sudbury (later Wayland) from Sudbury.
On November 9, 1774, future president John Adams stopped here for breakfast while traveling from the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia, noting in his diary that he "break fasted at Reeves in Sudbury."
The property retains remarkable original features including eight fireplaces, raised field paneling, hinged walls that opened to create a ballroom, and a large New England barn. Earning it a listing on the National Register of Historic Places. It remains a private residence and stands as one of Wayland's best-preserved 18th-century taverns.
A postcard shows us the building. What happens in the places we pass through? What would show us the conversations?
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