Formerly: Ferry Tavern
New Hope, Pennsylvania · Founded 1727 · Building: circa 1722
New Hope's landmark riverside inn traces its hospitality history to the 1727 Ferry Tavern, in a historic core commonly dated to 1722.
Logan Inn operates at 10 W. Ferry Street in New Hope, Pennsylvania, in a historic core commonly dated to 1722. Local and hospitality sources commonly date the Ferry Tavern's opening as an inn to 1727, but the exact evidence for uninterrupted operation across its full history requires further archival review. Landmark Hospitality reopened the expanded property in August 2021 after a two-year renovation.
John Wells' ferry enterprise and the historic core of the present Logan Inn property are commonly dated to this year.
Source: PhillyVoice, "Ferry and Main at the Logan Inn in New Hope," March 2, 2022; Philadelphia magazine, January 5, 2016
The Ferry Tavern is widely cited as opening to accommodate travelers using the Delaware River crossing.
Source: PhillyVoice, "Ferry and Main at the Logan Inn in New Hope," March 2, 2022; MidAtlantic Daytrips, "Logan Inn," June 14, 2016
Local-history material says the Ferry Tavern was renamed Logan Inn in honor of Chief Logan.
Source: Penn State Libraries, "Believe or Not: Can't Doubt the Spirit of New Hope"
Landmark Hospitality purchased Logan Inn and announced plans to restore the historic building and add hotel rooms and event space.
Source: Philadelphia magazine, "Developer Buys Bucks County Landmark," January 5, 2016
After a two-year renovation and expansion, Logan Inn reopened with 22 additional rooms and new food-and-beverage spaces.
Source: PhillyVoice, March 2, 2022; Arlington Magazine, January 11, 2023
Every claim gets rated. A business's own website can never earn "documented."
Independent local and hospitality reporting consistently distinguishes the circa-1722 historic core and ferry enterprise from a 1727 opening date for the inn or Ferry Tavern. The precise original documentary record was not reviewed in this pass.
The claim is widely repeated, but Logan Inn underwent a two-year closure during the 2019–21 renovation period. King George II Inn in Bristol has an earlier 1681 founding claim but has also been reported to have closed briefly in 2010. The available record does not support declaring either venue a clear uninterrupted-operation winner.
The December 1776 crossing is associated with Washington Crossing, not an independently verified stay at this specific New Hope inn. The checked sources establish regional Revolutionary-War associations and Washington's later passage through New Hope, but not his lodging at Logan Inn.
A Penn State Libraries cultural-history feature quotes New Hope Historical Society representative Susan C. Eaton calling Logan Inn New Hope's most haunted place. That documents a modern local reputation, not the existence of ghosts.
Modern television and ghost-tour accounts repeat stories about Emily, Room 6, a little girl, moving objects, and temperature changes. No historical record establishing the identities, deaths, or paranormal events was located in this review.
Philadelphia magazine reported Landmark Hospitality's purchase of the property in 2016, and Landmark's current venue page presents Logan Inn's lodging, restaurant, and bar operations.
Everything below has been reported by two or more independent sources — this is an informational record of what's said about this place, not a verified account of paranormal activity. Still Open America doesn't certify hauntings as real.
Room 6 is associated with a presence called Emily. Guests report belongings being rearranged, doors opening or closing, blankets or pillows being tugged while they sleep, sudden cold or warm changes, a feeling of being watched, and a lavender scent said to signal her presence.
The reviewed sources did not independently confirm that Emily Lutz was related to a former owner, lived in Room 6, or died there.
A young girl is said to appear in the parking area, near the canal behind the inn, and sometimes in the building. The legend says she drowned in the nearby canal after falling or striking her head, and reports describe her as playful or mischievous.
The reviewed sources did not independently identify the child or confirm the alleged drowning in the canal.
Visitors report seeing one or more men in Revolutionary War-era military clothing, particularly on the first floor and in the basement. Versions of the story differ on whether the soldier appears with or without a head.
Women staying in Room 6 report seeing the reflection of an unfamiliar man standing behind them in the bathroom mirror. The figure is said to disappear when they turn around, and some accounts pair it with nighttime pressure on the chest or a pale mist in the room.
Staff and visitors report unexplained voices, whispers, and sounds in the basement and hallways, along with lightbulbs loosening or unscrewing and shadow figures passing windows. The activity is not consistently assigned to one named spirit.
Logan Inn was built in 1727 and its inn history began in that same year.
Reporting commonly dates the historic core and John Wells' ferry enterprise to 1722, while 1727 is the widely cited opening year for the Ferry Tavern/inn.
Source: PhillyVoice, "Ferry and Main at the Logan Inn in New Hope," March 2, 2022; Philadelphia magazine, January 5, 2016
Logan Inn has operated continuously since 1727 and is Bucks County's verified oldest continuously operating inn.
The property reopened in 2021 after a two-year renovation and expansion. An uninterrupted-operation title is not established by the reviewed evidence, and another Bucks County claimant, King George II Inn, has its own continuity complication.
Source: PhillyVoice, March 2, 2022; Arlington Magazine, January 11, 2023; Tasting Table, December 14, 2025
George Washington stayed at Logan Inn before the December 1776 Delaware crossing.
The reviewed sources do not provide a contemporary or otherwise reliable record placing Washington overnight at Logan Inn before the crossing.
Source: Penn State Libraries, "Believe or Not: Can't Doubt the Spirit of New Hope"; Olivia's Bridge Street Inn, local-history overview
The inn was named for Lenni-Lenape Chief James Logan.
The checked local-history source says the inn was renamed in 1828 for Chief Logan; it does not support the name 'James Logan.'
Source: Penn State Libraries, "Believe or Not: Can't Doubt the Spirit of New Hope"
The inn remains viable because its location at the center of downtown New Hope connects historic lodging with a current restaurant, bar, events, and boutique-hotel business. Landmark Hospitality's 2016 acquisition and the 2021 reopening after expansion gave the site a new operating model, although that renovation-period closure means its continuity language should be used carefully.
Logan Inn in New Hope traces its inn history to the Ferry Tavern, widely dated to 1727. Its historic core and John Wells' ferry enterprise are commonly dated to 1722, and local-history material says the inn was renamed for Chief Logan in 1828. Landmark Hospitality bought the property in 2016 and reopened it in 2021 after a two-year expansion and renovation.
No clear evidence supports calling Logan Inn Pennsylvania's oldest continuously operating inn. The inn's 1727 hospitality date is widely repeated, but it closed during its 2019–21 renovation; King George II Inn in Bristol claims a 1681 origin but has also been reported to have had a 2010 closure. The available record supports describing Logan Inn as a very old operating inn, not as a verified uninterrupted-operation titleholder.
The earliest published haunted report for Logan Inn was not established in this review. A Penn State Libraries feature records a modern local reputation and quotes a New Hope Historical Society representative calling it the town's most haunted place, while later accounts describe Room 6 and the spirit called Emily. Those sources document the reputation but do not date its first appearance in print.
A stay by George Washington at Logan Inn before the December 1776 Delaware crossing has not been verified. Sources confirm Revolutionary-War history in the surrounding Delaware River region and Washington's later passage through New Hope, but the reviewed material does not provide a contemporary record placing him overnight at this inn.
10 W Ferry St, New Hope, PA 18938
215-862-2300
In downtown New Hope near the Delaware River; the current property includes lodging, restaurant, bar, and event spaces.