Before you begin walking, take a moment to look around and consider how this space would have appeared in the early nineteenth century. What is now a treasured public park with beautifully restored historic buildings was once a working farm where enslaved people lived and toiled. The area around the stable and tavern house is where much of the work necessary to power the farm was done over the years. Slaves as well as free laborers likely tended to horses, cooked meals, did laundry, and possibly assisted with the tavern and distillery operation. There were a number of outbuildings here in the 1800s, with a handful still standing. The McAllister family home was the Federal style mansion located across Front Street along the river, which is now open as a museum.

Fort Hunter Road lies between the Tavern and Stable.

Private residences now line the path along the road.

Route 22/322, along with railroad tracks and a section of the Pennsylvania Canal , bisect what was once the Fort Hunter property.