Martin's Tavern
You have reached the internet home of Martin's Tavern (also known as Center House), a Revolutionary War-era tavern and inn in the historic village of Marshallton, West Bradford Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Throughout the 20th century, the 5-story apartment building which had grown up and out from the original tavern building had deteriorated until it was abandoned, a home only for opportunistic animals.
After investigating the history of the building and seeing the sorry state to which it had deteriorated, a group of concerned citizens founded "The Friends of Martin's Tavern" in order to restore the original building to its revolutionary war era size and glory. Generous grants and
During demolition, it was determined that much of the building could not be salvaged while remaining historically accurate. The decision was made to strip the building down to the surviving period masonry and keep the building as a low profile ruin surrounded by a public use park.
The ruins have been lovingly repointed and restored to an accurate historic footprint of the original building and is now surrounded by green grass, bordered by period shrubs & trees.
This website is under construction and will soon be full of photos and history. The tavern's roles as watering hole, traveller's stopover and local militia meeting place will be explored and references to Martin's Tavern from period documents and maps will be displayed.
The life of famous American botanist and tavern neighbor, Humphrey Marshall will also be celebrated.
Please visit our site again and watch us grow or better yet, come and visit historic Marshallton and see the park for yourself.