Show HISTORIC CT SUN SUM TAVERN one of bodona Bo tona landmark Lanc mark built I 1 in 1 1 1680 69 for foi many yeara yeam used as a a fish market i one odthe of the early taverns ot of boston was thesda the sun tavern which stood but a few feet from the tha waters edge and was built about 1690 for some years yeara A lt was wag kept by a huguenot from rochelle named Coga eau he madeia ma made deIt it one of the tha most moat popular of 0 taverna and it was particularly popular with the young men of boston and surrounding country pa partly artly for the reason that mine host cogneau corneau had bad several very attractive and lively daughters who added a great deal to the charms of the hostelry their father had the privilege lige of seeing two of them married in tho the tavern oneff one of them becoming the wife of ool william palfrey the famous revolutionary patriot ile he became the grandfather of the noted writer john G GP palfrey alfrey another daughter of this genial host of the sun ta tavern era married a successful printer named fleet during the siege of 0 boston the british selz seized edthe the house and they changed its name to the kings arms arma but when the red bed coats had been chased out of boston the sign of the kings arms quickly disappeared and the old sign ot of the sun i tavern took its place a and the tavern took on its olden time popularity it has for many years be been en used kofl u a fish market |