{"nrhp_refnum":"76001655","name":"General Wayne Inn","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"625 Montgomery Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Merion","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.00932065600006,"lon":-75.25328591699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-01-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Transportation","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wayside inn in Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, built in 1704 by Edward Rees and operating as the General Wayne Inn. The original section is a stuccoed stone building that was later extended with a 1750 rear wing and a 1940 dining addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the inn is significant for its association with the American Revolution, including a stop by General Anthony Wayne in 1795 that gave the inn its name and visits by Washington and troops in 1777. It also cites the inn's role as a local landmark that gave its name to the surrounding village and early township functions.","narrative":"Built in 1704 by Edward Rees as a wayside inn on the roads out of Philadelphia, the stuccoed stone building has five bays and a double porch across its façade, with 12-over-12 sash windows and some original bull's-eye glass still preserved. A three-bay original section was later joined by a two-bay western extension, and a three-storey rear wing was added in 1750. The inn is significant for its Revolutionary War associations. In September 1777, after the Battle of Brandywine, General Anthony Wayne and his officers dined and lodged here, and George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette stayed the following night. The British used it as an outpost from December 1777 to February 1778. The inn took its present name after Wayne rested here in 1795 following his victory at Fallen Timbers. It also served as an election site and a local meeting place for decades.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Interior restored after a 1964 fire; the ground level of the original section has been restored as a colonial tavern.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.050179-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001655.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001655/54dd1bb80a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001655/54dd1bb80a-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Wayne_Inn_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:General_Wayne_Inn_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996508","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Wayne_Inn","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532288"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/general-wayne-inn-76001655/"}