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Milestone 40 - Missing This stone was in pretty bad shape in 1907. Susan Frazer said it was unreadable and held together with an iron band. It sat a few feet back from the road behind a fence. L.C. Pierce found some version of it in 1952 which I based my sketch on. I asked at the U.S. Arms whose owners have lived there since 1954 and the story I got was that it had been carried off by youngsters at Halloween and now was anchored down the road across from a winery in an old barn. I located that stone and it appears to be the 41 Mile stone so this one remains missing.
The U.S. Arms or States Arms or Sign of the Pennsylvania Arms (1740)
U.S. Arms or States Arms or Sign of the Pennsylvania Arms is found on the north side of the pike and fairly near a road that ran to Wilmington, Delaware. In addition to being an inn and tavern it was also a lodge stand. The "Unity" Masonic Lodge # 80 held its meeting there in the 1800's. In 1954 Gunnar and Barbara Zorn bought the old inn and began remodeling it. They removed the stucco siding and raised its west roof 14 inches among other things. The inn had 17 small guest rooms at one time.- Coatesville Record Dec. 23, 1963.
A map with the salmon colored stickpin showing the general location of missing Milestone 40 near the U.S. Arms.