Seven Stars Hotel

jeff of pa · Sep 17, 2009

Schuylkill County

First Settler North Manheim Twp.

Patent from John Penn to Seven Stars
(Conrad Minnich) Property, 1750 72

Year Built: 1777

1875 Map

postalgriff · Sep 17, 2009

wow, nice research and pics Jeff, would be about a 9 hour drive for me

baspinall · Sep 19, 2009

Thought you were talking about this place at first.

http://www.sevenstarsinn.com/history.htm

Brian

jeff of pa · Sep 19, 2009

baspinall said:
Thought you were talking about this place at first.

http://www.sevenstarsinn.com/history.htm

Brian

Intresting that it Dosn't look
that much Different

soopacee · Sep 26, 2009

i used to drive past that place everyday (when i had a job LOL)

watch out for the chickens there LOL....they would be running all over the place

jeff of pa · Apr 17, 2022

Peter Münch, the Immigrant

John Michael Minnich was the son of Peter Münch, according to Blue Book of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Peter Münch was born in 1698 and died in 1766. He settled in what was then Bethel Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and took up a tract of land there in 1750. His tract included land on both sides of the Schuylkill River. Peter built a log house on this site, which was located where the Seven Stars hotel now stands in Manheim Township.Schuylkill County. His log house was burned by Indians in 1755. Later in 1777, Peter’s son Conrad Minnich built the Seven Stars hotel on the property. It was the first public house in the county, and it afforded entertainment and lodging for the patrons of the stagecoach from Philadelphia and Reading to Fort Augusta.
The history of Seven Stars Inn actually begins before it was known as such. It began as the homestead of Gerhard Brumbach who settled in Vincent Township soon after his marriage to Mary Rittenhouse Papen in 1718.