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General Wayne Inn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in Pennsylvania Show map of Pennsylvania Location in the United States Show map of the United States
Location	625 Montgomery Avenue, Merion Station, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Built	1704
NRHP reference No.	76001655
Added to NRHP	January 1, 1976

The General Wayne Inn is a former tavern and, since 2005, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue located at 625 Montgomery Avenue, in Merion Station, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Tavern history

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Established as a tavern in 1704, it was previously named the William Penn Inn, Wayside Inn, Tunis Ordinary, and Streepers Tavern before being renamed in 1793 in honor of American Revolutionary War hero General "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who had once stayed there. The Inn gained fame for rumors of being "haunted" and was later featured on Unsolved Mysteries.

Famous people

Famous people who visited the inn include:

• Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
• Julius Erving
• Benjamin Franklin
• Dylan Gelula
• William Penn
• Edgar Allan Poe
• George Washington
• Anthony Wayne

Synagogue

In 2005, the building was purchased and renovated as Chabad of the Main Line, an Orthodox Jewish congregation that practices in the Chabad-Lubavitch rite. Located on the Philadelphia Main Line, the congregation converted the former tavern into a synagogue and community center.