The building located at 826 W. DeKalb Pike, currently the Tilted Kilt, is one of the oldest remaining buildings in King of Prussia. It was built in 1747 by Henry Griffith, a Welshman, across from the original location of the King of Prussia Inn. Dr. Henry DeWitt Pauling, one of it’s many owners, was a prominent physician who came to
The first cornerstone for the Washington Memorial Chapel in Valley Forge Park was laid in 1903, on the 125th anniversary of the evacuation of Washington’s army from Valley Forge. A few years later, the Wayside Chapel, a log structure, opened to the public as a national shrine for our citizens. This preceded the Chapel we know today. (Courtesy of the
With the challenge to relocate the King of Prussia Inn, a dedicated group of local supporters mobilized to formulate a plan to move the 550-ton structure. Between 1997 and 2000, the Arthur Powell foundation, the Kravco Co., and PennDOT raised $1.63 million to move the Inn. An additional $400,000 was raised from the community for restoration after the move. On
Please join the King of Prussia Historical Society on September 12 at 2:00 pm when Ms. Karin Stocking will present Back to School with Miss Elizabeth Hawkesworth. Miss Elizabeth Hawkesworth is a traveling schoolmarm of the early 1800s, whose personal story speaks of similar scenarios that many of our immigrant ancestors would identify with. Her late education at the Philadelphia