{"nrhp_refnum":"76001646","name":"Hand, Gen. Edward, House","other_names":["Rock Ford"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"881 Rock Ford Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lancaster","county":"Lancaster County","state":"PA","lat":40.02008563900006,"lon":-76.28761349399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-11-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick house called \"Rock Ford\" on a farm about four miles southeast of the center of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the bank of the Conestoga River. It was built in 1793-94 for Edward Hand and is now open to visitors as a historic house museum.","why_significant":"The house is significant for its association with Edward Hand, a Continental Army brigadier general and later a Pennsylvania and national politician, who lived there until his death in 1802. The nomination also presents it as a fine example of the Georgian manor residence adapted to a rural setting, with its interior and original fabric largely intact.","narrative":"Rock Ford is a rectangular, two-story brick house built in 1793-94 on a 160-acre farm near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on the bank of the Conestoga River. Its five-bay north facade has a central door with a fanlight and triangular pediment, and a center hall divides the rooms into pairs. Edward Hand, a physician who became a Continental Army brigadier general, built the house and lived there until his death in 1802. Hand served under Washington in engagements from Long Island to Princeton, led frontier operations at Fort Pitt, and later sat in Congress and the Pennsylvania Assembly. The house is regarded as an excellent example of adapting the Georgian manor type to local tastes. Much of its woodwork, doors, shutters, stairs and furnishings are original, and the Junior League restored it in 1958-60 for public visits.","period_of_significance":"1793-1802","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Open to visitors as a historic house museum; the porches were reconstructed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.023129-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001646.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996113","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historic_Rock_Ford","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7354426"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lancaster-county/hand-gen-edward-house-76001646/"}