Township officials in Franklin Park are trying to figure out why a tavern on a historic property that dates to Colonial times was torn down last week.
The demolition on the Route 27 property began on Wednesday and was stopped a day later, but not before most of the former Chauncey's Pub had been demolished.
Township Manager Ken Daly tells Gannett New Jersey that the building's owner, Nitin Khandwala, put the incorrect address on an application to tear down the building. A zoning official approved the request, not realizing it was the historic site.
The site dates back to the American Revolution when it was known as Gifford's Tavern. In subsequent years it was reincarnated as a hotel, farm, inn and restaurant.
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