{"nrhp_refnum":"74001774","name":"Lafayette's Quarters","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SE of Valley Forge on Wilson Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Valley Forge","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.07243971550005,"lon":-75.45778450227512,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-06-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone and frame farmhouse on Wilson Road in Tredyffrin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, near Valley Forge. Its east section dates to c. 1763 and was built by Samuel Havard, with central and west additions made later.","why_significant":"The house served as quarters for Major General Marquis de Lafayette during the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge in 1777-1778. The nomination links the property to that military occupation, and the surrounding area held quarters for other officers including General Knox, General Maxwell and General Lord Stirling.","narrative":"Built in 1763 by Samuel Havard, a farmer in the Valley Creek area, this two-and-a-half-storey stone farmhouse was later extended with a central section of about 1837-1839 and a frame west section dated 1882-1900. The original east section has a gabled roof, a single end chimney and a date stone reading 1763 set between the second-floor windows. During the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-1778, Major General Marquis de Lafayette was assigned quarters in the house, and he later described them as a small barrack scarcely more cheerful than dungeons. Havard and his sisters slept upstairs while Lafayette and his staff occupied the two ground-floor rooms. The house is significant for this direct association with Lafayette's wartime stay, and for its surviving eighteenth-century fabric within the later additions.","period_of_significance":"1777-1778","architect_builder":"Samuel Havard (builder of the 1763 east section)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Renovated in 1948; the form describes the property as altered, in good condition, 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 17:11:30.376642-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/74001774.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001774/cfbd05393e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001774/cfbd05393e-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaFayettes_Quarters_Valley_Forge.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LaFayettes_Quarters_Valley_Forge.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998476","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lafayette%27s_Quarters","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15241241"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/lafayettes-quarters-74001774/"}