Artist Ray Podeszwa
Original artist unknown
Licensor Bucks County Historical Society
Collection: Mercer Museum
31" x 24" x 3/4" approx.
$495.00
History of original work:
Artist Unknown
Elephant Hotel Sign, 1848
Wood, wrought iron, and paint
31" x 42" x 2"
Collection of the Mercer Museum of the Bucks County Historical
Society, Gift of Henry Chapman Mercer, 1916.
© Bucks County Historical Society
The Elephant Hotel still stands
on Ridge Road in Elephant, Bedminster Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Joseph K. Nicholas, the original proprietor, obtained
a two-year tavern license in 1845 to run a hotel at his residence.
A lapse in licensing for the hotel for one year and its relicensing
in 1848 possibly explains the date of 1848 found on the sign.
In order to secure the original sign for the Mercer Museum, Henry
Chapman Mercer agreed to have a copy of it painted. This copy
of the sign still hangs in front of the tavern.
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