Milestone 6
*Above banner image was taken at Chenoa Manor animal sanctuary near Avondale, PA. http://www.chenoamanor.org/ Link to learn more about Chenoa Manor and its mission
Milestone 6 is located between Stanford Drive and Clover Leaf Road. Remember Joseph Price who had the contract for Milestones 5-9. He also built the William Penn Inn, 533 East Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood as well. The Inn is sometimes known as the Clover Hill House. An innkeeper was one of many career choices he found himself in. These included soldier during the American Revolution and War of 1812, stone-cutter, carpenter, sawmill operator and coffin builder. He was also active in the Merion Friends Meeting. One of the unique things about the inn was that he named rooms for American heroes. Some of these included Washington, Adams, Jefferson and the Nation for the entry hall. The Inn still stands today although it has become apartments.
http://www2.hsp.org/collections/manuscripts/p/price1657.htm Click this link to learn more about Joseph Price.
The William Penn as it appears in 2009 from the backside.
The General Wayne was built in 1704 for Robert Jones and was first known as the William Penn Inn. Don't get confused, they were built 90 years apart and look different in their pictures. Over the course of its history it was known as The Tunis Ordinary, Streepers Tavern and Yerkes Inn. After many years as the General Wayne it is now known as the Chebad Center for Jewish Life (2008).
The Revolutionary War swirled around the Inn and notables such as George Washington and Marquis Lafayette are said to have stayed there. British soldiers and their Hessian counterparts are also supposed to have stayed there. A Hessian soldier in search of his musket he left behind is supposed to haunt the place. The Inn was not on the Turnpike but off to the South on Montgomery Avenue between the 6 and 7 mile points.
http://www.lowermerionhistory.org/texts/first300/part07.html
A link to a history of some of the inns and taverns of Lower Merion township including the General Wayne.
http://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/pa/general_wayne_inn.cfm
A ghostly link to the General Wayne's guests that never left.
General Wayne was the American Commander at the Battle of Paoli or the Paoli Massacre as the Americans called it afterwords. Go to Milestone 18 for a brief account of the battle.
A Terrain map with the salmon colored stickpin showing the general location of Milestone 6