By the twentieth century, Gadsby’s Tavern, now known as the City Hotel and Tavern, was selling elements from its historic interior to stay afloat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art purchased its ballroom, including the mantelpieces and door frames, and reassembled it in New York City. Shops occupied the ground floor, and the building slowly deteriorated. In the 1930s, a man named F. Clinton Knight worked with the American Legion to preserve the historic tavern and hotel and restore it to its eighteenth century appearance. Since opening to the public, visitors have reported encounters with the ghost of a “Female Stranger.”