MD-024 Gorsuch Tavern


Marker text: GORSUCH TAVERN

At “19 mile stone” on York Road built in 1810 by Captain Joshua Gorsuch, a shipbuilder. The tavern was the meeting place of the Baltimore Countians who went to Pennsylvania to reclaim their slaves, thus bringing on the Christiana Riot of 1851.

Maryland Historical Trust & Maryland State Highway Administration

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