Newcom Tavern, also known as the "Old Cabin", is an historic structure in Dayton, Ohio. It was built in 1796 by Colonel George Newcom, one of the first settlers in Dayton after the Treaty of Greenville (1795). It was established as the New Jersey Land Company, under the leadership of Jonathan Dayton, with partners General Wilkinson, General St. Clair and Colonel Ludlow, employed surveyors to lay out a town site between the two Miami rivers. The Newcom Tavern, built by Robert Edgar, was the first structure in the area. Edgar received seventy-five cents a day for its construction. .