Assembly Hall

Assembly Hall, also known as Serio House, de France House, and Fletcher's Tavern, was a small tavern built in 1808 in Washington, Mississippi. It is historically significant as the de facto capitol of the Mississippi Territory and as the site of Mississippi's first state constitutional convention. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated a Mississippi Landmark on March 21, 1995. Although not a commercial brand in the modern sense, Assembly Hall operated as a tavern and inn, a commercial hospitality business of its era, and its name is preserved as a historic property designation.

Assembly Hall, also known as Serio House, de France House, and Fletcher's Tavern, was a small tavern built in 1808 in Washington, Mississippi. In 1802, a political rivalry between the Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party led to the relocation of Mississippi's then territorial capital. The Democratic-Republican government elected to move the capital from the Federalist-leaning Natchez, Mississippi, to the more rural Washington, Mississippi; however, no capitol building was ever built. Meetings of the state's general assembly were held in the tavern, then owned by Charles de France. Upon admission of the state in 1817, the first state convention was held in the tavern, while all subsequent conventions before 1820 were held in Natchez. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and designated a Mississippi Landmark on March 21, 1995.

• 1995

  Designated a Mississippi Landmark on March 21.

• 1978

  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

• 1817

  First state convention held in the tavern upon Mississippi's admission to the Union.

• 1808

  Tavern built in Washington, Mississippi.

• 1802

  Territorial capital relocated from Natchez to Washington, Mississippi; no capitol building was built, so the tavern hosted legislative meetings.

Historic tavern and meeting place; later a preserved historic landmark.

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