Fuller’s Tavern
No longer standing
Courtesy of Delia Hills Scrapbook Hebron Records Building
Fuller’s Tavern was located just west of the traffic light on Route 66.
A tavern was a place serving meals, selling liquor and providing a bed for the night for travelers. Establishing a tavern was one of the requirements for a town to be incorporated and tavern keepers needed to be licensed. The Fuller Tavern dated from Hebron’s earliest years and was the center of much activity in Hebron Center. By the early 1800’s, stage coaches would transport passengers along the turnpikes that met in Hebron Center. Passengers could get a meal or lodge at the Tavern. In essence, Fuller’s tavern functioned as a hotel. To run a tavern required many hands. In 1790, Eben Fuller, who owned the tavern, employed 9 free African Americans tending the horses, cooking, and cleaning. A tavern would be the first place news from outside of town would be heard from travelers. Fuller’s tavern burned in 1888.
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How do you learn about the news today? How would your life be different, if there were no electronics?
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Head south on Route 85 / Church Street toward the War Memorial
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