. The guide book to historic Germantown . on seeing this,that he did not value it unduly and so said nothing of the ob-ject of their visit. The Washington Tavern, No. 6239 Mam Street, is an oldbuilding, and was known by this name as early as 1793. It isthe type of a large number of taverns which in the early dayslined the Main Street of Germantown. The Buck, SadlersArms, Green Tree, Indian King, Indian Queen, Crown andCushion, Roebuck, Buttonwood, Fountain, Black Horse, WhiteHorse, Lamb, White Lamb, Treaty Elm, and King of Prussiaare some of the names of taverns that have now passed th
. The guide book to historic Germantown . on seeing this,that he did not value it unduly and so said nothing of the ob-ject of their visit. The Washington Tavern, No. 6239 Mam Street, is an oldbuilding, and was known by this name as early as 1793. It isthe type of a large number of taverns which in the early dayslined the Main Street of Germantown. The Buck, SadlersArms, Green Tree, Indian King, Indian Queen, Crown andCushion, Roebuck, Buttonwood, Fountain, Black Horse, WhiteHorse, Lamb, White Lamb, Treaty Elm, and King of Prussiaare some of the names of taverns that have now passed the early times the capacious yard of the Washington Taverncould not accommodate all the teams putting up there for thenight, and there would be an overflow row of wagons along theMain Street. No. 6306 Main Sreet, the Johnson house, stood in thethickest of the fight at the time of the Battle. John Johnson,the occupant at this time, alarmed by the noise, went to his doorto look out. A British officer riding by advised the family to seek 106. io7 HISTORIC GERMANTOJVN a place of safety. It was early in the morning and the maids hadjust brought in the mornings milk from the barn. They hastilyleft it and quickly sought refuge in the cellar. After the Battlethe British soldiers swarmed through the house, drank the milkand cleared the kitchen of everything eatable. A rifle ball passed through the house and the hole through theparlor door is still visible. A cannon ball knocked a chip outof the north corner of the house about two feet above the house is still in possession of the Johnson family. The house was one of the largest and most substantial inGermantown when it was built, and on this account its buildinggave some concern to members of the Society of Friends, ofwhich body the Johnsons were also members. No. 6jl6 Main Street, now occupied by Mr. EllwoodJohnson, was formerly a Keyser property and back of it is stillstanding a cedar fence that was riddled with bullets at th
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