Item Info
Item No: pdcc00041
Title: The Blue Anchor Inn
Additional Title: 200 Years Ago, Front and Dock Street
Historic Street Address:
Front & Dock Streets
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
Old newspaper clipping showing a wood engraving of the Blue Anchor Inn as it might have looked 200 years before. The scene shows a group of six people in a small rowboat about to alight close to the inn and being greeted by two gentlemen standing on shore. In the foreground, on the opposite bank of the creek, stand a group of four native american indians looking on.
The original Blue Anchor (shown) was a wooden structure built by George Guest in 1682, and it was here that William Penn first broke bread in Philadelphia. For 200 years it was the oldest and most distinguished tavern within the city limits.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.143097
Geocode Latitude:39.945253
Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.1
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
Guest, George, 1771-1831
Penn, William, 1644-1718
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