Black Horse Inn Advisory Committee records 1988-2012

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Black Horse Inn Advisory Committee records 1988-2012

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The Black Horse Inn was an early rural inn located in Springfield Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The inn is believed to have been built in the 18th century. The Black Horse Inn Advisory Committee was established to save and restore the building. The Black Horse Inn Advisory Committee records, 1988-2012, are comprised of reports, correspondence, and other documents relating to the history and restoration of the inn.

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Springfield Township Historical Society (Montgomery County, Pa.)

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Black Horse Inn (Flourtown, Pa.).

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

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"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 ...