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Raleigh Tavern Review
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Raleigh Tavern
- Address: Duke of Gloucester St., west of Capitol, Colonial Williamsburg, VA | Map It
- Category: Architectural Sites, Historic Districts/Sites
- Location: Colonial Williamsburg
Fodor's Review:
Raleigh Tavern was the scene of pre-Revolutionary revels and rallies that were often joined by Washington, Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and other major figures. The spare but elegant blue-and-white Apollo Room is said to have been the first meeting place of Phi Beta Kappa, the scholastic honorary society founded in 1776. The French general Marquis de Lafayette was feted here in 1824. In 1859 the original structure burned, and today's building is a reconstruction based on archaeological evidence and period descriptions and sketches of the building.
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