The "Old '76 House" (AKA the '76 House) in Tappan, NY, is a Dutch-style house built in 1754 by Casparus Mabie, a merchant and tavern-keeper. Hearsay or legend suggest that the house was built during the founding of Tappan in 1686. The source of this hearsay may be the fact that one Antie Myers, a widow, was licensed in 1705 to sell drink, "as per her recognizance," in her house in the immediate neighborhood of today's '76 House. After her death in around 1721, Antie Myers' house, around the corner from the '76 House, was purchased by Yoast Mabie, a brother of Casparus. The house was demolished in 1835. In 1754, when he built his house on what was to become Main Street in Tappan, Casparus Mabie included space for a tavern, probably no more than a few tables and benches in a corner of the front room.