{"nrhp_refnum":"75001656","name":"King of Prussia Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"101 Bill Smith Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"King of Prussia","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.08736457700007,"lon":-75.37727051699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 2½ story stuccoed fieldstone inn at the intersection of Swedesford and Gulph Roads in King of Prussia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, built in the early 1700s. It was remodeled in 1750 and enlarged in 1769 by Daniel Thompson.","why_significant":"The inn served as a public house and community center for over 200 years and gave its name to the community. It played host to officers of both the British and American armies during the Revolutionary War, and Washington's Masonic meetings were held in one of its upper rooms. The document describes it as an excellent example of the early inns along the region's major roads.","narrative":"Built in the early 1700s at the crossing of Swedesford and Gulph Roads, the King of Prussia Inn began as a stuccoed fieldstone public house and was later remodeled in 1750 and enlarged in 1769 by Daniel Thompson. Its present appearance is largely that of the 1769 enlargement, with a center hall plan, back-to-back diagonal fireplaces, and surviving sections of 18th century wainscoting and paneling. For more than two centuries it served travelers and the surrounding community as an inn and meeting place, and it gave its name to the village that grew around it. Because it lay on the path of the Revolutionary armies, it hosted officers of both the British and American forces, and the proprietor's wartime records list both. George Washington and several companions held Masonic meetings in one of its second-floor rooms, where Lafayette was later admitted to the order at Washington's request. The building is regarded as a well preserved example of the early roadside inns of the region. It has been boarded up for several years and now sits in the median of U.S. Route 202.","period_of_significance":"1719","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Boarded up for a number of years and in poor condition; the King of Prussia Historical Society is planning stabilization and restoration.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.930284-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001656.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001656/714bce8a02-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001656/714bce8a02-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dough4872","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_of_Prussia_Inn_February_2017.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dough4872</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:King_of_Prussia_Inn_February_2017.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996030","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Prussia_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6412283"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/king-of-prussia-inn-75001656/"}