Moore Hall, also known as the William Moore House, is an historic, American home that is located in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
Moore Hall | |
 Moore Hall, HABS Photo, April 1950 | |
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| Location | East of Phoenixville on Valley Forge Road, Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°7′22″N 75°29′42″W / 40.12278°N 75.49500°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Built | 1730 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001771[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1974 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
History and arhitectural features
editThis house dates back to roughly 1722, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, five-bay by three-bay, fieldstone dwelling that was designed in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof, a two-story rear kitchen wing, and a sun porch, and was restored during the late-1930s.
During the American Revolution, this house served as headquarters for Colonel Clement Biddle, in late-1777 and early-1778, during the encampment at Valley Forge. At that time, a committee of congress met at Moore Hall for three months and there decided that General George Washington should serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
At the turn of the twentieth century, the house served as the summer home for Pennsylvania Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Retrieved 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Eleanor Winsor and Harvey Freedenberg (August 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Moore Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-11-03.
External links
edit- William Moore House, State Route 23 & Reading Railroad Tracks vicinity (Schuylkill Township), Phoenixville, Chester County, PA: 7 photos, 15 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey
- Pennypacker, Samuel W. (1883). . Historical and biographical sketches. At Wikisource.