The General Horatio Gates House was built by Joseph Chambers in 1751, and connected to the Golden Plough Tavern through a shared kitchen.

It was the home of General Horatio Gates (1727–1806), while the Second Continental Congress convened in York, September 30, 1777, to June 27, 1778, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

[1] The Golden Plough Tavern was built by Martin Eichelberger in 1741 and is a two-story, Germanic influenced medieval style building.

The tavern is quite significant for its age and social history but is also an exceptional museum of historic carpentry and vernacular architecture.

The upper walls are half timbered in a Germanic style with brick nog and wattle and daub infill.