Old Alabama Town: Feature: Lucas Tavern

301 Columbus Street

Montgomery, Alabama 36104

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Lucas Tavern was originally located about fifteen miles to the east of Montgomery on the Federal Road at Line Creek, Alabama, which is now known as Waugh.

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Lucas Tavern served as a stage stop for travelers going east and west, a place for immigrants into the Old Southwest to stop and eat, spend the night and gain information on the state of the road ahead.

In 1825, General LaFayette, the French hero of the American Revolution, made a triumphal tour of the United States by carriage and steamboat. He spent the night at Lucas Tavern as a stopping place on the way to the young town of Montgomery.

Built in the early 19th century, Walter and Eliza Lucas took over operation of the Tavern in 1820. After the Lucases left in the 1840s, the Tavern became a dwelling.



The building was finally abandoned in the 1960s. In 1978, Landmarks Foundation moved the famous Tavern into Old Alabama Town and restoration was completed in 1980.

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