Official Site of The State of New Jersey

Built in 1756, the Gabreil Daveis Tavern is an outstanding example of vernacular Georgian style. The tavern house was built to accommodate travelers headed east and west over the “Great Irish Roade” and watermen moving lumber and other products by way of the Timber Creek. The tavern was the primary center of communications for nearby residents in the early days of Gloucester Township, serving as the site for elections and town meetings from 1757-1770. The building ceased being a tavern in 1769 when Sarah Daveis, the widow of Gabreil, declined to renew the license. From this point forward the building became home to some of the Township’s most important Revolutionary War figures. Today, the building serves as a museum.  When the property was nominated to the National Register in 1973 by HPO staff, erroneous research from the HABS Survey was used to name it the "Hillman Hospital House," a completely different building. This mistake was corrected in 1977 with an amendment to the NR prepared by historian William Leap, changing the listing to the building's true and historic name, the Gabreil Daveis Tavern. 

The 2025 Trust grant will help fund the exterior restoration and preservation of the former tavern as well as limited interior restoration.   

A previous 1991 grant funded urgently needed masonry restoration and a wooden shake roof. 

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