Halifax Tap Room - Audio Tour

Though a dozen pubs served the town of Halifax during its historic heyday, the Tap Room is one of the only remaining, in tact buildings. The Tap Room was built around 1760, not long after the town of Halifax’s conception as the societal nucleus of the valley. Halifax served as a river port, county seat, crossroads, and social center. During the American Revolution, North Carolina’s Fourth Provincial Congress gathered in Halifax and drafted a document later known as the “Halifax Resolves,” which was the first official action taken by a colony recommending independence from England. The Tap Room building boasts a simplistically elegant facade, with deep brown siding and a gambrel-style roof. The building was site to many kinds of congregation, from dance classes to Masonic meetings and slave auctions. In the present day, the Tap Room continues to play host to community events, as well as interactive, family friendly tour experiences that include colonial tavern games.