Worcester Township near Center Point in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Jacob Wentz Tavern

1764 - 2024

Photographed by Vince Pupillo Jr, September 2, 2024

1. Site of Jacob Wentz Tavern Marker

Inscription.
This 260-year-old lilac bush marks the site of the Jacob Wentz Tavern. The entrance to Deer Creek Road is on the roadbed of the original Skippack Pike over which George Washington and the Revolutionary Army traveled on the way to the Methacton Hills, two miles east there they encamped until October 4, 1777, when they fought the Battle of Germantown.

Erected 2024 by Worcester Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is October 4, 1777.

Location. 40° 12.262′ N, 75° 21.362′ W. Marker is near Center Point, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery County. It is in Worcester Township. It is on Hollow Road near Deer Creek Road, on the right when traveling north. The marker stands at the intersection of Hollow Road and Deer Creek Road on the right side of Hollow Road headed northeast towards Skippack Pike (PA RT 73). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1900 Hollow Road, Collegeville PA 19426, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Pennsylvania and in Greater Philadelphia.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: IndenHofen Farmstead (approx. 2.1 miles away); Rittenhouse Observatory (approx. 3.4 miles away); Rittenhouse Farm

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(approx. 3.4 miles away); a different marker also named Rittenhouse Farm (approx. 4.7 miles away); Donald Kimmel (approx. 5 miles away); American Alligator (approx. 5 miles away); a different marker also named American Alligator (approx. 5 miles away); North American River Otter (approx. 5 miles away).

More about this marker. The sign is situated in front of a 260+ year old lilac bush on the corner of Hollow Road and Deer Creek Road which marks the site of the original Jacob Wentz Tavern as well as the entrance of the original Skippack Pike (now Deer Creek Road). The modern Skippack Pike (PA Route 73) is just to the north east at the end of Hollow Road at a T intersection. Deer Creek Road is now a short residential road ending with a cul-de-sac. This sign is an exact replica of the original, replaced in 2024 (40 years after first being erected in 1984).

Photographed by Vince Pupillo Jr, April 4, 2026

2. Site of Jacob Wentz Tavern Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 3, 2026, by Vince Pupillo Jr of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 86 times since then. Last updated on April 6, 2026, by Vince Pupillo Jr of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. Photos: 1. submitted on March 3, 2026, by Vince Pupillo Jr of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. 2. submitted on April 6, 2026, by Vince Pupillo Jr of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.