Milestone 19 - Original appears to be Missing
Milestone 19 was missing when L. C. Pierce came through in 1951-1952. There is a new one hidden in a bush by the entrance to Paoli Memorial Hospital where it comes off Lancaster Avenue.
The Green Tree, A wagon stand, was built shortly after the Revolution on Old Lancaster Road. George King built it and it began 60 years of ownership by him or his heirs. When the turnpike was built it was actually close enough to it that it continued to thrive. The inn was described as two stories in height with a high attic and a porch in front that continued around one side. There was a pump in the front yard for travelers and drovers. Sachse mentions that it was known for its signboard which featured "a large tree with wide spreading branches clothed in full foliage, painted on the swinging signboard which hung in its yoke at the top of a high pole." The Green Tree was torn down in 1877 to put a rail line through and the huge barn and stables followed in 1888. A large oblong 24 milestone, from another road, sat just under the eaves of the barn as part of the wall. Abram King who built the barn had it placed there in 1805. It was forgotten and rediscovered when the barn was demolished.
Picture of the Green Tree from Sachse's Book. He can't be blamed for it's poor condition as the Green Tree was torn down in 1877, over 30 years before his book was published.
A Terrain map with the salmon colored stickpin showing the general location of new Milestone 19