Springfield (Montgomery County, Pa. : Township). Black Horse Inn Advisory Committee.

"The Black Horse Inn was one of eight inns and taverns that lined Bethlehem Pike in Erdenheim and Flourtown. It was constructed in at least five building campaigns, the earliest of which is believed to date to the 18th century and the current footprint was intact by the turn of the twentieth century.

"Local tradition holds that the Black Horse Inn was constructed prior to the Revolutionary War. Abraham Wackerly purchased the property in 1744 adding another tract in 1750 and at some point constructed a building on the site. Wackerly sold the land and building to his son, Ulrich Wackerly in 1775. Between 1798 and 1805 the property was transferred to Wendle Weant who operated a tavern on the site known as Sampson & the Lion.

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