Bogardus Tavern
| Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 6387 Mill St., Rhinebeck, New York |
| Coordinates | 41°55′36″N 73°54′47″W / 41.9266°N 73.9130°WCoordinates: 41°55′36″N 73°54′47″W / 41.9266°N 73.9130°W |
| Named for | Gerardus Beekman |
| Estimated completion | 1766 |
| Governing body | Private |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 73 |
| Website | |
| beekmandelamaterinn.com | |
The Beekman Arms Inn—formerly known as the Traphagen Tavern, Bogardus Tavern, and Potter’s Tavern and currently known as the Beekman Arms and Delamater Inn—is an historic inn located in the town of Rhinebeck, New York, within the Rhinebeck Village Historic District, a historic district added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as a cohesive area of preserved historic buildings. The inn claims to be America's oldest continuously operated hotel.
In the early 1700s, William Traphagen, an early settler of Rhinebeck (then a village known as Ryn Beck) established a traveler’s inn called Traphagen Tavern in the village. In 1766, Arent Traphagen, the son of William Traphagen, relocated the tavern to its present location, where the King’s Highway intersected the Sepasco Trail. It has remained in operation as a hotel ever since.
During the last third of the 18th century, the inn, then known as Bogardus Tavern, was host to many leaders of the American Revolution, including George Washington, Philip Schuyler, Benedict Arnold and Alexander Hamilton. In 1775, the 4th Regiment of the Continental Army drilled on its front lawn before the war.
By 1785, the King’s Highway was now the country's Post Road, and in 1788, after independence, the village continued to grow. The Town of Rhinebeck, which contains the village, was organized. The current Dutch Reformed Church was built in 1802, making it the oldest church in the village. The current route of East Market Street was laid out the same year during construction of the Ulster-Saulsbury Turnpike, later to become Route 308.
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