Category:King George Inn

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This is a category about a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 77001172.

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Dorneyville Crossroad Settlement 
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LocationPennsylvania
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Map40° 34′ 48″ N, 75° 31′ 18.84″ W
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Wikidata Q5298115
NRHP reference number: 77001172
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Built in 1756 around the time of the French and Indian War. It was originally opened as Dorney's Tavern and was one of four structures the Dorney family built at the crossroads of the 'Buffalo Trail' (Cedar Crest Boulevard and south to Kings Highway) and the Lancaster, Reading and Allentown roads (Hamilton Blvd, US 222). The inn offered a place to sleep for folks traveling to Easton, Reading, Philadelphia, and the Allegheny Mountains. It was the area's community center as well, becoming a building used for a town hall, meeting house, courthouse, early church, and a place to find out what is happening; a news-center. During the Revolutionary War, Washington's troops camped in the fields behind the building, while the officers probably stayed in the inn. The area where the soldiers did their drills was in a field behind the building as well. Peter Dorney owned the original hotel, which remained in the family until 1871.

Over the last century, it was owned by Stanley E. Downing who ran it as the Dorneyville Hotel from 1930 until his death in 1962. Downing's wife, Grace, took over and ran it as the White Horse Inn. At that time, a large white wooden horse stood in a corral out front. In November 1970, Downing sold the business to Cliff McDermott, who renamed it the King George Inn, restored it closely to its original appearance and had it placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In August 2012, the King George Inn was closed. It remains closed as of 2017, it's future uncertain.

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