The Red Lion Inn - Bensalem, PA

The Red Lion Inn was located in the area around the Red Lion Bridge near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Inn was located on the Kings Highway (now Bristol Pike) at the bridge across Poquessing Creek. The Inn was the first public house in the area. Delegates to the First Continental Congress from Massachusetts dined there on their way to Philadelphia in 1774. John Adams was known to stop there on his travels to and from Philadelphia. The Red Lion Inn operated from about 1726 to 1991. In 1730 Philip Amos petitioned the court to keep a public house of entertainment "near Poquessing creek, on the highway from Philadelphia to Bristol, that being The Red Lion Inn. The Inn was operational until it was destroyed by fire in 1991.

General George Washington and the Continental Army camped along the Poquessing behind the Red Lion Inn on their way to Yorktown.

Just a few blocks away lies the Hart Burying Ground established in 1683, where some of the earliest settlers, including ancestors of Dr. Benjamin Rush, were laid to rest.

References

: [http://www.friendsofpoquessing.org/pathfinder/pathfinderv13i1.html Friends of Poquessing Watershed]