People, places and memory
Kemble Inn: a tavern in public life
Deeds, advertisements and historical synthesis
A village inn appears in records of property sales, local work and political organizing.
A property with several names
The THS history follows the property from Alanson White to Charles Kemble. An 1843 sale advertisement called it the Tabernacle Hotel and Farm; an earlier notice used Sign of the Eagle. These names belong to this property’s record and should not be merged with either the distant Eagle Hotel or Eli Cramer’s similarly named Tabernacle Hotel.
From innkeeping to a political meeting
Kemble acquired the property in 1845. The society describes his work as blacksmith and farmer as well as innkeeper, and records a county Whig convention at his hotel in October 1853 to select a legislative candidate. The inn functioned as a place where political decisions could be organized within a rural district.
Sources and research limits
This entry follows the society’s cited deeds and newspaper chronology. It does not assume that every earlier White family lawsuit concerned the tavern or establish a construction date from a purchase price. Complete advertisements and the convention’s subsequent reporting could extend the account beyond the announcement.