Since 1740, only three families have owned the Anthony Dobbins Stagecoach Inn. The present proprietor, Margo Hickock, takes pleasure in imagining what the original inn—complete with common room and bundling boards— must have been like. In its present in-carnation as a bed-and-breakfast, the inn is no doubt a great deal more comfort-able than its 18th-century predecessor. It even has an elevator.
The house is charmingly furnished with English antiques, some ofwhich are family heirlooms. “Nothing matches, but everything fits,” says Margo, whose family is descended from both Wild Bill Hickok and William Penn.
The William Penn room, with flowered wallpaper and Williamsburg-blue trim, has an antique four-poster bed, fireplace, sundeck, and private bath; it can be transformed into a double suite with the Roosevelt room next door. The Hickok Room has an antique brass bed and a fainting couch, and the Guggenheim Room has a small couch and two twin beds with high canopies.
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