The Black Horse Inn

Pennsylvania · United States · Hotel

Built on Bethlehem Pike thirty years before the country existed. Washington used it as a rest stop for his men on the way to Valley Forge.

The Black Horse Inn stands along Bethlehem Pike at Flourtown, Pennsylvania. It was built around thirty years before the founding of the United States, which makes it older than almost anything else on this map.

General Washington used it as a rest stop for his men on the march to Valley Forge, in a winter that killed a couple of thousand of them.

The detail everyone reports first is temperature. Going inside is described as walking into a freezer, and it happens on days when it is ninety degrees outside.

That is the kind of claim that usually has a dull explanation involving stone walls and a cellar. In a building of this age, with walls that thick, it very often does.

What is not in dispute is who slept here and what was waiting for them twenty miles up the road.

FAQ

Where is The Black Horse Inn located?

The Black Horse Inn is in Pennsylvania, United States.

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