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The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Established as a tavern in 1704, it was previously named the William Penn Inn, Wayside Inn, Tunis Ordinary, and Streepers Tavern before being renamed in 1793 in honor of American Revolutionary War hero General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who had once stayed there.
Blue Bell is located at (40.144759, -75.268752 According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.4 square miles (14 km 2), all land.. While the CDP of Blue Bell proper consists of an area roughly centered upon the namesake Inn, [6] in recent years [when?] the name "Blue Bell" has become informally synonymous with the larger surrounding area within the 19422 ZIP code ...
Omni William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh is a member of Historic Hotels of America, the official program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. [6] The hotel also features a restaurant that dates from 1916, the Terrace Room, featuring among other amenities a wall long mural entitled "The taking of Fort Pitt".
The inn's archive has documents from 1686 onward, including the official inn license granted to the first innkeeper, David Howe, in 1716. [5] 1706 319 Ye Olde Centerton Inn unknown Pittsgrove: New Jersey: One of the oldest restaurants in NJ [6] 1714 311 William Penn Inn Robert Evans Lower Gwynedd: Pennsylvania: 40.20247°N 75.25618°W
The Jean Bonnet Tavern, also known as Old Forks Inn and Bonnet's Tavern, is an historic inn and restaurant that is located just outside Bedford, Pennsylvania on U.S. Highway 30, at the junction with Pennsylvania Route 31. It can be seen from the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
Richard Whitpaine, a London butcher, purchased a 4,500-acre (1,800 ha) tract of land as part of William Penn’s "Holy Experiment". His 16-year-old son, Zechariah, travelled to Pennsylvania on the ship Welcome with Penn in 1682 to settle his father's properties and escape persecution of his Quaker beliefs.
John Calvert was granted the land that the tavern stands on in 1682 by William Penn. Daniel Calvert, who was likely John's grandson, built a frame building along the Providence Great Road (now Pennsylvania Route 252) and was licensed to run a tavern there in 1739. The current building is a large two-and-one-half-story, fieldstone building. It ...
The first grant of land in Towamencin Township was in 1703 from William Penn's Commissioners to Benjamin Furley on June 8. The Commissioners granted 1,000 acres (4 km 2) to him. On June 17 of that same year, Abraham Tennis and Jan Lucken bought the property from him, and then divided the land in half in 1709.