The First Blue Ball Inn
The house has been much extended. The original part
of the house is the central portion.
Photograph by Mike Bertram, 2006.

The Second Blue Ball Inn
Photograph by Moses King, Summer 1895. From the Society’s Archives.

References: The Blue Ball Tavern of Daylesford by Mary G. Croasdale, (TEHQ, April 1939)
'An Act of Humanity and a Kindness' by Robert Ward, (TEHQ, July 1987)
Then ... and Now - The Second Blue Ball Inn, (TEHQ, Winter 2004)
The Blue Ball Inn of Tredyffrin Township by Caroline Hager, (TEHQ, vol. 43, #4 (Fall 2006))

Land Ownership: The property was patented by Owen Roberts in 1714. He does not appear in the tax records. It was then owned by Thomas Godfrey from 1719 to 1737, who is in the tax records. It is likely that Godfrey built the first inn. The date on the fireplace is 1724. He sold the property to Morgan Hughes who subsequently sold it to Thomas McKean in 1745. McKean sold it in 1753 to Blasius Byers who only held the title for a couple of months. It then passed to Conrad Young who changed the name to the 'King of Prussia' for 2 years before it reverted to its old name. In 1759 Young sold it to Barnard Vanleer. He held the property until he died in 1790 when it was inherited by his daughter, Mary Moore.