March 3, 2007 to
December 27, 2009

The Pennsylvania House

Start Time: 12:00 p.m.

Cost:
Adults $5.00,
Students $2.00,
Pre-school

After a million dollar restoration, the Pennsylvania House is available for public tours. The house is open on Saturdays and Sundays, with a tour at noon and a tour at 2:00 p.m. Additional tours may be scheduled by calling 937-322-7668.
Over a hundred and sixty years old, The Pennsylvania House is rich in history. David Snively built the Federal-style Pennsylvania House in 1839 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 westward expansion of the United States in the nineteenth century. Dr. Isaac K. Funk, of Funk & Wagnalls fame, lived in the house in the 1840s while his father served as its tavern keeper. Closed as an inn after the Civil War, The Pennsylvania House 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 and has owned and operated it as a museum since 1941. The Pennsylvania House was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.