The Bernard Taylor Home

In 1777, the McConkey Family sold the Ferry Inn property to the Benjamin Taylor III. It included 304 acres, all of what is known today as Washington Crossing. His son, Bernard, managed the ferry service, ran successful fan and established a fishery, while it thought that another son, Mahlon, ran the Ferry Inn. Bernard Taylor Built the oldest part of the present day Washington Crossing Inn 1817. The two story stone homestead consisted of a dining room and kitchen on the first floor and two bedrooms on the second. The kitchen's large open hearth still exists today and serves as the focal point of the inn's restaurant, the Hearth Room. Taylor is thought to have constructed the remaining original section in 1840. Taylor ran the ferry until 1823. The first covered bridge was built in 1834, connecting what is called Taylorsville to the village of Titusville in New Jersey. The Taylor home and farm remain in the Taylor family for 100 years.

Crossing of 1776	Bernard Taylor Home	The Present Day Inn