New York Vauxhall Gardens was a pleasure garden and theater in
New York City. It was named for the Vauxhall Gardens of London.
The New York Vauxhall Gardens at its second location in 1803
Though the venue passed through a long list of owners, and
suffered buyouts, closings, relocations, and re-openings, it
lasted until the mid-19th century. In the mid-1760s, country
taverns such as Clapp's had become popular in Colonial New York.
Samuel opened the New York Vauxhall in 1767 to take advantage of
this climate, and it became the chief competitor to the New York
Ranelagh Gardens original gardens were located on Greenwich
Street between what would later streets in the fashionable Sixth
Ward; New York Public School 234 stands at the site today.
Fraunces operated the venue until 1773, when he offered it for
sale. His notice mentioned two large gardens, a house with four
rooms per floor and twelve fireplaces, and a dining hall that
was long and wide, with a kitchen below. The Vauxhall offered
light summer concerts and