{"nrhp_refnum":"72001107","name":"Harvard, David, House","other_names":["Former Quarters of Lee and Bradford"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Valley Forge off U.S. 76","address_restricted":false,"city":"Valley Forge","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.07344844000005,"lon":-75.46275094399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two and a half story stone farmhouse with stucco-covered exterior walls in Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania. It was built by David Harvard in the late 1760s, around 1766.","why_significant":"The house was used as quarters by Major General Charles Lee and Colonel William Bradford during the winter encampment of 1777-1778. The nomination also ties it to Bradford's later career as Attorney General of the United States and presents the house as a typical early Chester County farmhouse.","narrative":"Built in the late 1760s, around 1766, by David Harvard on land he acquired from his father, this two and a half story stone farmhouse in Valley Forge, Chester County, Pennsylvania, is typical of the farmhouses early settlers built in the county. Its stucco-covered walls, central front door, and original six-room plan remain recognizable, though a later rear wing added four rooms and a large screened porch was placed across the front. During the winter encampment of 1777-1778, Major General Charles Lee and Colonel William Bradford used the house as quarters. Bradford later served as the second Attorney General of the United States, beginning in 1794, after eleven years in the same post in Pennsylvania. In the 1880s Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, bought the Harvard farm as part of a country estate for raising horses, and the house housed the manager of Chesterbrook Farm for several years. It is regarded as significant for its association with the encampment and for its regional building type.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"David Harvard (builder)","architectural_style":"Farmhouse typical of early Chester County settlers","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as a deteriorated, deserted farmhouse that awaits possible inclusion in a housing development.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.111928-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/72001107.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001107/4cbca41177-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001107/4cbca41177-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Havard_House_Chesco_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Havard_House_Chesco_PA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000657","name":"Valley Forge National Historical Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/valley-forge-national-historical-park-66000657/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998474","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Havard_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5234790"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/harvard-david-house-72001107/"}