Yellow Springs Tavern, Yellow Springs & Art School Roads (West Pikeland Township), Chester Springs, Chester County, PA

Significance: Yellow Springs is one of the oldest and most successful spas in the country. Medicinal qualities were realized by 1722 and the inn was established by 1750. It was used as a military hospital during the Revolutionary and Civil Wars and the hotel served as headquarters for General George Washington in 1777. Although the present structures dates from the early nineteenth century, it is believed the 1810 east section was built on the foundations of the mid-eighteenth century tavern. The 1839 west section was designed by architect Hugh Walters.
Survey number: HABS PA-1131
Building/structure dates: ca. 1810 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1839 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1826 Subsequent Work