{"nrhp_refnum":"74001771","name":"Moore Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Phoenixville on Valley Forge Rd., Schuylkill Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Phoenixville","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.12282677700006,"lon":-75.48315029599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-11-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Moore Hall is a two-and-one-half story fieldstone house in Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, built in the mid-eighteenth century and restored in the late 1930s to fit an 1819 description. It stands on land originally given to William Moore in 1729.","why_significant":"The house is regarded as an especially fine Georgian house with a highly developed sense of formal proportion and detailing that is rare for its period and area. It is also tied to Revolutionary-era events, including use by the Continental Army at Valley Forge in 1778 and a Committee of Congress meeting there, and to colonial disputes involving its builder, a Chester County judge and Assembly opponent.","narrative":"Moore Hall is a two-and-one-half story fieldstone house in Phoenixville, Chester County, built in the mid-eighteenth century by William Moore on land given to him in 1729 by his father, John, Collector of the port of Philadelphia. The front is coursed fieldstone, graded from larger stones at the foundation to smaller at the eaves, and the interior retains wide board floors, Doric reeded columns, and a carved marble fireplace. Moore served in the Provincial Assembly and as a judge of the Chester County Court, and he was jailed in Philadelphia in 1758 after a dispute with the Assembly. During the winter of 1778 the house was used by the Continental Army at Valley Forge, serving as headquarters for Colonel Clement Biddle. A Committee of Congress met there for three months while deciding on George Washington as Commander-in-Chief. The house was later the summer residence of Governor Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker. Restoration work in the late 1930s altered parts of the house and kitchen wing.","period_of_significance":"18th Century","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Restored in the late 1930s; the document describes its condition as excellent and at its original site.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.765745-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001771.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001771/8f9b86b38b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001771/8f9b86b38b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Ned Goode HABS photographer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MooreHall132264pu.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ned Goode HABS photographer</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MooreHall132264pu.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997598","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_Hall_(Phoenixville,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15255968"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/moore-hall-74001771/"}