~The Maclay-Wolverton home was built in 1773 by William Maclay on the North corner of present day Front and Arch streets. The stockade at the rear of the home was used as a storage depot and was the main base of supplies for General Sullivan in his 1779 expedition. In 1785 Maclay was hired to lay out Harrisburg as the county seat of newly founded Dauphin County and through his work became a chief advocate for the establishment of Harrisburg as the capital of Pennsylvania. As a result he began spending less and less time in his Sunbury home. The house was passed on to his heirs for many years, until1865 when the home was bought for $3650 by Hon. S.P. Wolverton. Wolverton altered the second floor and added a rear ring in 1888. He lived in the home until 1910. Since that time it has had a plethora of owners. Three times the structure served as a tavern: under the ownership of John Brady Jr., Henry Lebo, and Henry W. Villers.