{"nrhp_refnum":"78002356","name":"Keith House-Washington's Headquarters","other_names":["Headquarters Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E of Pineville on Pineville Rd., Upper Makefield Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pineville","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.29563974900003,"lon":-74.94666574599995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A stone and frame house with outbuildings on the former Keith Farm in Pineville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, within the former Manor of Highlands. The original stone center section is of uncertain early date, with later wings and additions.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is significant for its association with General George Washington, who used it as his headquarters from December 14 to 24, 1776, while planning the Christmas night attack on Trenton. It is also significant architecturally as an example of eighteenth-century stone construction with later additions that show the evolution of the house and farm.","narrative":"Stone house in Pineville, Bucks County, built in stages on land once part of William Penn's Manor of Highlands. The oldest section is a stone center with Georgian symmetry and a three-bay front, probably dating before 1742. William Keith, a Presbyterian yeoman, bought the property in 1761, and the family held it for 133 years. From December 14 to 24, 1776, General George Washington used the house as his headquarters while planning the Christmas night attack on the Hessians at Trenton. Local legend holds that the spy John Honeyman was held in the Keith springhouse. The house also documents eighteenth-century stone construction and later additions, including a wing from the early nineteenth century. Outbuildings include a stone bank barn, a carriage house and a spring house.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian (original center section); later additions show Federal style window heads and lights","criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Restored dining room after 1955 by the present owners; restoration of the spring house also completed since 1955.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.111597-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002356.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002356/39af58c905-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002356/39af58c905-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keith_House,_Washington%27s_Headquarters,_Upper_Makefield_Township,_PA_-_1898.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Keith_House,_Washington%27s_Headquarters,_Upper_Makefield_Township,_PA_-_1898.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997616","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_House_(Upper_Makefield_Township,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6384519"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/keith-house-washingtons-headquarters-78002356/"}