Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 October 1914 — Passing of Noted Landmark [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Passing of Noted Landmark

Famous Hancock’s Tavern, One of Washington's Oldest Places, Passes Out of Existence. Washington.—Hancock’s tavern, one of the oldest and most famous of Washington’s landmarks, has passed out of existence after 74 ydars Of catering to the appetite and thirst of

the nation’s lawmakers. to tbe heydey of Its youth It was a rendezvous of Clay, Calhoun and Webat—. bines their time It has served as a gathering place for other famous men. When

it was built the capital was only a village and the present parks and spaious grounds were forests and swamps. No attempt has ever been made to modernize the place and up to the time it closed it was the same as when Clay, Calhoun and Webster gathered there. Beverages were made there from carefully guarded recipes of the fifties and its fried chicken and oyster stews were famous all over the land. Since 1840, when It was established by Anjlrew Hancock, it has never passed out of the family and: bis grandson, of the same name, is the man who closed its doors forever a few days ago.

Hancock’s Tavern.