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Revolutionary Taverns with Gretchen Schuler
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Raytheon Room, Wayland Free Public Library (5 Concord Road) + Zoom
About the Talk
Once upon a time, Wayland—then East Sudbury—had many taverns, from the early Parmenter Ordinary of 1653 to numerous 18th- and early 19th-century establishments.
Gretchen Schuler will explore those that remain (now private homes) and those that have disappeared. Her own home, Reeves Tavern, is listed on the National Register. We’ll also hear about:
- Hopestill Bent Tavern (c. 1710–1780)
- Pequod House (near today’s Public Safety Building)
- And the mystery of a dozen Revolutionary-era taverns
Can all of them be identified? That’s the challenge.
About Gretchen Schuler
Gretchen Schuler is a preservation planning consultant and former instructor at Boston University. She has written historic resource surveys, National Register nominations, and heritage landscape inventories.
She has served on Wayland’s Planning Board, Historical Commission, Historic District Commission, and Community Preservation Committee, and was President of the Wayland Museum & Historical Society (2021–2024).
She and her husband John have lived in Reeves Tavern for nearly 50 years.
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Historic Wayland Taverns
Corner Tavern — Boston Post Rd & Old Connecticut Path
- Built: 1765–1850
- Fate: Demolished 1920s
- Notes: Nathaniel Reeves and others; Red Coach Grill location
Parmenter’s Ordinary — Bow Road
- Built: 1653
- Fate: Demolished 1818
- Notes: Located on Parmenter farm, west of present house at 1 Bow Rd
Pequod House / Wayland Inn — Cochituate Road
- Built: 1771
- Fate: Demolished 1927
- Notes: Location of Public Safety Building
Capt. Nathaniel Reeves — Plain St & Main
- Built: Pre-1776
- Fate: Demolished
- Notes: Later known as the Noyes House
Loker Tavern — Plain St & Commonwealth
- Built: Pre-1776
- Fate: Demolished
- Notes: Where Villa is located
Hopestill Bent Tavern — 252 Old Connecticut Path
- Built: 1710
- Fate: Extant
- Notes: Operated as tavern until 1780
Reeves Tavern — 126 Old Connecticut Path
- Built: 1762–63
- Fate: Extant
- Notes: Operated as tavern until about 1825
Street / Goodnow Tavern — Old Sudbury Rd & Glezen Ln
- Built: Appears on 1775 map
- Fate: Demolished
- Notes: Asahel Goodnow first keeper; then Rufus and Nathan Bent (1776 map)
Luther Moore Tavern — 1 Oxbow Rd
- Built: c. 1770
- Fate: Extant
- Notes: Luther Moore proprietor, 1770–1790
Caleb Moulton Tavern — Stonebridge & Old Connecticut Path
- Built: 1730–1805
- Fate: Demolished
- Notes: Where Lavins is located
Baldwin Tavern — Old Sudbury Road
- Built: 1745
- Fate: Burned 1835
- Notes: Probably built by Deacon William Baldwin, Esq. (1727–1794); his son Sewell is recorded as builder in some documents but was not born until 1765
Frog House — Plain St & Main
- Built: Appears on 1776 map
- Fate: Demolished
- Notes: No information beyond 1776 map
Jonathan Carter Tavern — 3 Water Row
- Built: Appears on 1776 map
- Fate: Extant
- Notes: At John Goodenow House, 3 Water Row
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