Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania

The settlement was founded in 1901 as a Quaker retreat by a group of Friends from Philadelphia, including Charles F. Jenkins who became and remained the president of the Buck Hill Falls Company until his death in 1951.

The Inn at Buck Hill Falls, originally a small wooden hostelry, expanded ultimately to a large new stone building in 1926 and enjoyed popularity into the 1970s and 1980s.

[citation needed] Another feature of the Inn was the north porch, a huge covered stone structure with views of the surrounding Pocono mountains.

Although there was no single cause of the Inn's failure, the decline in the costs of air travel, allowing vacationers from New York and Philadelphia to avoid the long drive into the Poconos was certainly a major factor in its demise.

[citation needed] The community still has the amenities of its past as a popular Quaker resort, including a 27-hole Donald Ross-designed golf course, 10 tennis courts, 2 lawn bowling greens, and an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Also, the Buck Hill Conservation Foundation is actively buying easements, and maintaining expansive trails throughout the 4,600 acres (19 km2) of forest surrounding the settlement.