{"nrhp_refnum":"89000352","name":"Moland House","other_names":["Washington's Headquarters"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1641 Old York Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hartsville","county":"Bucks County","state":"PA","lat":40.23621247700004,"lon":-75.09231241399993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-05-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A mid-eighteenth-century stone farmhouse on Old York Road in Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with later additions and outbuildings on a 12.1-acre tract. The house sits vacant and has been condemned for habitation by local code officials.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the house is locally significant for its Revolutionary War association. General George Washington used it as his headquarters from August 10 to August 23, 1777, during the Neshaminy encampment. The house is described as the sole documented building used during that encampment, where Lafayette, Count Pulaski and Light Horse Harry Lee had key events in their careers.","narrative":"Built of stone in the mid-eighteenth century, the Moland House is a two-bay, two-and-a-half-story double-pile main block with a three-bay kitchen wing, on Old York Road in Warwick Township, Bucks County. Its later alterations include a raised summer kitchen and a 1940-era L-shaped addition, and the interior was largely remodeled between 1939 and 1941. The house is significant for its Revolutionary War association. General George Washington used it as his headquarters from August 10 to August 23, 1777, while the American army camped at Neshaminy on the way toward Philadelphia. The encampment was the setting for the Marquis de Lafayette assuming his command, Count Pulaski meeting Washington, and Captain Henry Lee facing a court martial that ended in acquittal. Lafayette's first council of war was held at the house on August 21, 1777. The house is the only documented building used during that encampment, and the surrounding landscape retains rural character.","period_of_significance":"1777","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacant, condemned for human habitation by local code enforcement officials, and often broken into.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.937931-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89000352.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000352/309d046430-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000352/309d046430-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Shuvaev","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moland_House_01.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Shuvaev</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moland_House_01.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995831","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moland_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6895670"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/bucks-county/moland-house-89000352/"}