A two-story log inn, built here in 1745, was Bethlehem's first public house. Located near the ferry that crossed the Lehigh River, it was visited by famous political and military leaders of the era. A bridge replaced the ferry, 1794, and the inn closed; was razed, 1857.

Marker is on Riverside Drive 0.1 miles north of West 3rd Street (County Road 412), on the right when traveling west.

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