The 24-room former stagecoach inn, built in 1839 along the Historic National Road during the coach and wagon era, includes an extensive display of antique furnishings, antique dolls and one of the largest antique button collections in the U.S.

David Snively built the Federal-style Pennsylvania House along the newly-constructed National Road. This tavern and inn was an important stopover for livestock drovers and pioneers traveling by foot, on horseback or in Conestoga wagons during the 19th century westward expansion of the United States.

Closed as an inn after the Civil War, it then served as a doctor’s clinic, boarding house and secondhand shop before falling into total disrepair. The Lagonda Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution saved it from demolition in 1939 and have owned and operated it as a museum since. The Pennsylvania House was the boyhood home of Dr. Isaac Funk, of Funk & Wagnalls dictionary fame, whose parents operated the inn during the 1840’s.

The Pennsylvania Houseis open Saturdays and Sundays, 1-3. Fore private tours and groups, please call 937-322-7668.