On this expansive property overlooking the Lehigh River, he built what was then one of the finest homes in the region, the house now named for him.

[8] Taylor first entered the public arena in the late 1750s as a justice of the peace, a judicial post that was important in colonial times when travel to the county courthouse was difficult.

[10] The next year, in March 1777, Taylor was named to Pennsylvania's new Supreme Executive Council, a 12-member body that acted in the capacity of governor.

In early 1775, he served as one of the secretaries who recorded proceedings at the Pennsylvania Provincial Congress, a meeting Taylor also attended.

[11] In 1782, Benezet's widow sold the Biery's Port estate to David Deshler for the same amount her husband had paid six years before.

The owner of a significant amount of property, he personally built Fort Deshler in Whitehall Township in 1760 to protect local settlers against Indian attack.

[15] In 1774, Deshler was appointed to the county's Committee of Observation, and two years later, was elected to the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, where he served with George Taylor.

During the Revolutionary War, Deshler's properties in Northampton Town were used to produce munitions and also to manufacture, repair and store materials for the Continental Army.

In 1945, the Lehigh County Historical Society rescued the house, raising funds from its members for the acquisition and repairs.

[2] After a fire destroyed the former silk mill (then a furniture factory) in 1982, the society purchased the property and extended the front lawn to provide a park-like setting for the historic site.

"[18] On May 5, 2013, as part of the Lehigh County Bicentennial celebration, a monument, designed by Jirair Youssefian of Vitetta Architects & Engineers, was unveiled during a ceremony held on the front lawn of the house.