page_title: Fort Necessity National Battlefield
section_title: Mount Washington Tavern
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Necessity National Battlefield / Mount Washington Tavern
caption_attribution_description: English: An updated photograph of Mount Washington Tavern at the Fort Necessity National Battlefield, in June, 2009. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000664
context_page_description: Fort Necessity National Battlefield is a National Battlefield Site in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States, which preserves the site of the Battle of Fort Necessity. The battle, which took place on July 3, 1754, was an early battle of the French and Indian War, and resulted in the surrender of British colonial forces under Colonel George Washington, to the French and Indians, under Louis Coulon de Villiers.
  The site also includes the Mount Washington Tavern, once one of the inns along the National Road, and in two separate units the grave of British General Edward Braddock, killed in 1755, and the site of the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
context_section_description: On a hillside adjacent to the battlefield and within the boundaries of the park is Mount Washington Tavern, a classic example of the many inns once lining the National Road, the United States' first federally funded highway.
  The land on which the tavern was built was originally owned by George Washington.  In 1770 he purchased the site on which he had commanded his first battle.  Around the 1830s, Judge Nathanial Ewing of Uniontown constructed the tavern. James Sampey acquired the tavern in 1840.  It was operated by his family until the railroad construction boom caused the National Road to decline in popularity, rendering the inn unprofitable.
  In 1855, it was sold to the Fazenbaker family.  They used it as a private home for the next 75 years, until the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania  purchased the property in 1932.  In 1961 the National Park Service purchased the property from the state, making the building a part of Fort Necessity.  The Mount Washington Tavern demonstrates the standard features of an early American tavern, including a simple barroom that served as a gathering place, a more refined parlor that was used for relaxation, and bedrooms in which numerous people would crowd to catch up on sleep.
caption: The Mount Washington Tavern, built as a stagecoach stop for early travelers on the National Road.
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