A tavern stood on this site along the Marsh Creek Road as early as 1763 and was operated by the Frederick Kuhn family from 1769 until 1791. In the next year, son Henry Kuhn laid out the town of Oxford here on part of his 256 acre property. Well located at the intersection of east-west and north-south roads, the town, eventually called New Oxford, prospered. Use of this building as a tavern and hotel continued until about 1885. The original part of this building was the first building in New Oxford, and the brick section and porch were added later. On both the interior and exterior, it still bears traces of its earliest construction and use.