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CANCELED: Curator Tour of McConkey’s Ferry Inn

August 30, 2020 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Free

This event has been canceled.

 

Park curator Kimberly McCarty will lead a guided tour of the building. From McConkey’s Ferry on December 25, 1776, hours before the crossing, Washington wrote to Colonel Cadwalader: “I am determined as the night is favorable to cross the River…”

The first ferry building was built in 1752, but only the basement kitchen remains. The current inn was built in several stages; the west side, the one farthest from the river, was built around 1790 and includes the original basement. The building represents a typical country inn or tavern of the Revolutionary era and suggests the variety of amenities that would have been available to travelers at that time.

Details

Date:
August 30, 2020
Time:
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:

Venue

Washington Crossing Historic Park – Visitor Center & Historic Village
1112 River Road
Washington Crossing, PA 18977 United States

Organizers

DCNR
Friends of Washington Crossing Park