Ford Mansion
About Ford Mansion
The Ford Mansion, also known as Washington's Headquarters, is a classic 18th-century American home located at 30 Washington Place in Morristown, New Jersey that served as General George Washington's headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780 during the American Revolutionary War.
The house was built in Georgian architectural style in 1774 by Jacob Ford Jr. It is now owned by the National Park Service. It was acquired by the Washington Association of New Jersey in 1873. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966 as part of the Morristown National Historical Park.
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- Founded
- 1774
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01MorristownAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
02Inside Ford MansionDetroit Publishing Co. · Public domain
03Morristown National Historical MORRNational Park Service Digital Image Archives · Public domain
04Morristown, N.J. 4a24996vDetroit Publishing · Public domain
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06FordMansionStudyRanger Kim Watts (Kd5463 at English Wikipedia) · Public domain
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of Ford Mansion; the closest, Washington’s Headquarters Museum, is practically next door.
