Pennsbury
Falls Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
William Penn's country home in Pennsylvania, built 1683-1700. Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
Along the Delaware River, William Penn built Pennsbury as his country seat, a manor house raised between the 1680s and the turn of the century as the founder of Pennsylvania sought a home worthy of his "Holy Experiment." Though Penn spent only limited time in the colony he created, this estate reflected the genteel, orderly world he imagined for it. The house was later reconstructed and preserved as a window into the colony's proprietary beginnings.
Why it matters
As the personal home of Pennsylvania's founder, it ties the abstract idea of a Quaker commonwealth to a real place on the land.
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Pennsbury Manor
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