Pennsylvania House Museum Info
Built in 1839, the Pennsylvania House was known as one of the finest inns constructed along the National Road. The Federal-style, 23 room, three-story building with four porches and seventeen outside doors has 7000 square feet of living space and nineteen display rooms, filled with an extensive collection of nineteenth century furniture, paintings, portraits, dolls, fabrics, and artifacts.
Historic, Unique Rooms
 The West addition, built in 1858-59, houses one of America's finest button collections. This collection, donated by Grace Porter, consists of over 100,000 clothing buttons, some dating back to 1734 and contains historic US and ancient world buttons. The Ohio Buckeye Button Society sorted the buttons for the Museum.
Also on display is a twelve room Federal doll house, donated by Daughters of the American Revolution member Ruth Bayley. It contains hand-crafted miniature furniture in black walnut and cherry by John Kunkel.
The doctor's room was closed after the Civil War. It then served as a doctor's clinic for Doctors Sam and Ada Adams for more than 30 years.
 The Tap Room was where the gentlemen travelers would stop in to enjoy their ale while the ladies shopped in the general store. The tavern's first license is on display here.
In the National Register
The Pennsylvania House has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1973. In October, 2006, a Bi-Centennial National Road marker was dedicated at the site during the grand re-opening ceremonies. Included in the recent restoration was the re-interpretation of three rooms to correspond with the true function of the Inn in the 1840's-1890's, including a general store with gift shop, a physician's clinic and a room where drovers would have bedded down on cold winter nights. A timeline from 1800-2006 spans twenty-one feet along a wall of the Assembly room. It is accompanied by a display of artifacts found while digging a basement under the house. All of this makes for a an enjoyable way to spend an hour or two reliving the past in one of America's splendid historic inns.
Tour Information
Tours given: Saturday and Sunday: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm.
Closed holidays, January and February of each year.
Group visits: to arrange for a field trip or group tour of eight or more, please call us at 937.322.7668
Tour Fees: Adults - $5.00 each; Students - $2.00 each
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