| The General Horatio Gates House stands next
to the Golden Plough Tavern, and both buildings are listed on
the National Register of Historic Places. The Gates House was
constructed in 1751 and features an English Colonial Style of
construction. The building’s most notable resident was General
Horatio Gates, president of the Board of War during the American
Revolution. Local legend tells of the Marquis de Lafayette
attending dinner in this house, toasting the health of General
George Washington, and disrupting the plot to overthrow Washington
known as the Conway Cabal. The "toast" is more myth than
fact, and most historians today dispute that the Cabal was
anything more than a letter-writing campaign of several
disgruntled officers and Congressional delegates. Noteworthy
architectural features include the balanced front façade,
pent roof, end chimneys, and
central hall floor plan.
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