 Since the original building's foundation and chimneys were still in good shape, the Cox family rebuilt on the original foundation and chimneys.The new building was completed in 1865.Elkhorn Tavern remained in the Cox family for nearly a century following the war, with Frances Cox Scot, who was born in the tavern in 1865, inheriting the building after the deaths of her father and mother, Joseph and Lucinda Cox, in 1903 and 1902 respectively.