Historic New Jersey Inn Destroyed In Blaze

A more than 300-year-old inn that played host to the nation’s first president has been left in ruin after a large four-alarm fire ripped through the historic New Jersey structure. Fire began burning inside The Sergeantsville Inn at 601 Rosemont Ringoes Road in Sergeantsville, New Jersey, around 2 a.m. Monday, town leaders told NBC10. Sergeantsville is about 24 miles north of Trenton in Hunterdon County.The inn, which now operates as a restaurant, dates back to the early 1700s and hosted President George Washington.