Beltsville in Prince George's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Site of Van Horn's Tavern
Photographed by F. Robby, January 2, 2004
1. Site of Van Horn's Tavern Marker
Erected 1938 by State Roads Commission.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #01 George Washington, the Maryland Historical Trust, and the The Washington-Rochambeau Route series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1782.
Location. 39° 2.583′ N, 76° 53.741′ W. Marker is in Beltsville, Maryland, in Prince George's County. It is at the intersection of Old Baltimore Pike and Odell Road on Old Baltimore Pike. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Beltsville MD 20705, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Van Horns Tavern (approx. 0.7 miles away); Beltsville Volunteer Fire Department, Inc. and Ladies Auxiliary (approx. Ύ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away); Queens Chapel Methodist Church, Established 1868 (approx. 1½ miles away); Ebenezer Meeting House
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Other markers no longer nearby. Ammendale Normal Institute (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed); When the Iron was Hot: African America Ironworkers of Muirkirk (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Iron Production: Maryland's Industrial Past / The Iron Making Process (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Abraham Hall: A Historic African American Benevolent Lodge (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
More about this marker. There is another marker, "Van Horn's Tavern" with an arrow, .7 miles southwest at intersection of Baltimore Avenue (US 1) and Prince George's Avenue.
Additional commentary.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 4, 2013
2. Site of Van Horn's Tavern Marker
The Wikipedia entry for Beltsville, MD tells the story this way:
"By 1730, Post Road (now part of US 1) was the main thoroughfare through Beltsville. Though crude, it made stagecoach travel possible. In 1783, Gabriel Peterson Van Horn established a stage line and built the Van Horn Tavern on Odell Road, where passengers could spend the night as they traveled between Baltimore and Washington. The trip took one and one-half days." Note To Editor only visible by Contributor and editor
— Submitted August 7, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Photographed by Allen C. Browne, August 4, 2013
3. Site of Van Horn's Tavern Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 16, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,004 times since then and 92 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 16, 2007, by F. Robby of Baltimore, Maryland. 2, 3. submitted on August 7, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
