Show AS u 11 UI inra 11 F U igal sid iv ii TO ate another ancient landmark is t to 0 be saved from obliteration and will wil 1 be restored as nearly as possible to its original condition this time it Is a revolutionary house at roxborough a suburb of philadelphia in the early das it vias mas known as the washing 1110 HIt washington hotel ton hotel and provided a meeting place for the yeomen to gather and dicuns the movements ot of the amer lean and british armies during the revolutionary war at its bar toasts are said aid to have been drunk to the success of both armies at times when the neighborhood was in control ol 01 either force during the war of 1812 so sol hers were recruited in the hotel for or gen jackson s army and arid there was a jollification and a dance held there when the soldiers returned from the war on the ad day of april 1813 ROJE rox borough lodge no free rree and arid ac cepter masons was organized in washington hotel and continued to hold its monthly meetings there un til the hotel was abandoned it was then transformed into a dwelling and had not many of its original features left to identify it with its interesting past save the two story and a half quaint stone ex herfor but now the building has passed into the hands hanas of W R hog gartt a philadelphian whose patriot ic sentiment is strong and who has planned to restore it to its original I 1 condition and occupy it as a summer residence fj another historic lil building ot of penn ij syl sylvania vanla has been identified and ft marked by the site and relic relle society ot of germantown so that visitors to aj that city will find a new object of N interest it Is the old king of prussia inn that has been honored by a tab f let vt in its front wall and it will be thus identified from several other buildings which were known by the n same name in fact the name king 1 of prussia inn has led to frequent in quirles because of the apparently con trad letory reports as to its situation some claiming that it Is to be found s in west philadelphia adelphia others in ger mantoan and still others in various other suburban places the truth ot of the matter Is that in the early days of philadelphia and germantown his tory there were mere several fine hostelries hostel rles f known by this name this house no doubt like all the others dates from the time of fred erick the great and it is claimed that it Is the oldest of the king ot of prussia inns it has been stated by some historians that this old house was built about 1740 41 and that it was in 1763 about the time ot of his later victories that it was converted into an inn and named king of sla in honor ot of frederick the great but still another historian contends I 1 that it was standing and was used a an inn much earlier than this and in telling of the first stage coach with an awning which was run three times a week from the king of prussia inn at germantown to the george inn at second and arch streets philadel phia he states that long before this however it was not impossible to make the trip for in 1726 the tour four wheeled chaise formerly kept by david evans was kept by thomas skelton living on chestnut street near the three tuns auns tavern mr skelton offered advantageous terms i to those vibo were disposed to make adventurous excursions six miles mile from sfrona the city where four persons went together they were allowed the i riv liege of going to germantown for 12 shillings and six pence 1 |