The building located at 826 W. DeKalb Pike, currently the Tilted Kilt, is one of the oldest remaining buildings in King of Prussia. It was built in 1747 by Henry Griffith, a Welshman, across from the original location of the King of Prussia Inn. Dr. Henry DeWitt Pauling, one of it’s many owners, was a prominent physician who came to Upper Merion Township in 1835. For a number of years it was the Peacock Gardens. Today the building sits at the very edge of 202 South just before the on ramp to the PA Turnpike. (Courtesy of the King of Prussia Historical Society)
E-History Fact published 9/25/2015 Upper Merion Township E-Newsletter