John Van Buren Tavern is a historic inn

INN

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 and tavern

Tavern

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 building located near Fulton

Fulton, Oswego County, New York

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 in Oswego County, New York

Oswego County, New York

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. It is a -story, three-by-five-bay, brick building with a side-gable roof. It was built sometime between 1800 and 1821 and operated as a tavern into the 1860s, when it was converted to a residence. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse

Smokehouse

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 and house lived in while the tavern was under construction.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

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in 1988.