{"nrhp_refnum":"97001248","name":"Paoli Battlefield Site and Parade Grounds","other_names":["Paoli Massacre Site"],"category":"site","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Warren, and Monument Aves., and Sugartown Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Malvern","county":"Chester County","state":"PA","lat":40.02528158150005,"lon":-75.52206934572031,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-10-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 62-acre battlefield site and memorial park in the Borough of Malvern, Chester County, Pennsylvania, made up of a forested ravine and plowed field east of a Parade Grounds containing a burial mound, monuments, and recreational fields. The Parade Grounds were established in 1822 and the monuments date from 1817 onward.","why_significant":"The site is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Paoli Massacre of September 20-21, 1777, a Revolutionary War battle in the Philadelphia Campaign. The Parade Grounds are also significant as a commemorative property, holding 19th and 20th century monuments and ceremonies honoring veterans from the Revolutionary War to World War II.","narrative":"Malvern's Parade Grounds and the adjoining battlefield field cover 62 acres of wooded ravine, plowed field, and manicured lawns. The battle took place here on the night of September 20-21, 1777, when a camp of American troops under Brigadier General Anthony Wayne was attacked and routed by British forces in an action later known as the Paoli Massacre. The American dead were buried along a fence row, and a burial mound now marks the site. In 1817 the Republican Artillerists of Chester County placed a marble monument on the grave. Later monuments include an 1877 granite obelisk marking the centennial, and World War I and World War II memorials. The Parade Grounds were set aside in 1822 as a patriotic property, and the monuments and ceremonies there reflect how successive generations of local residents have remembered veterans. The battlefield field remains in agricultural use, which preserves its wartime landscape.","period_of_significance":"1777-1947","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals/Colonial Revival; No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The battlefield field has remained in agricultural use since the battle; the Parade Grounds are maintained as a memorial and community park.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.686043-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/97001248.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001248/920ab71721-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97001248/920ab71721-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paoli_Massacre.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paoli_Massacre.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996363","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86838659"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/chester-county/paoli-battlefield-site-and-parade-grounds-97001248/"}