Moland House
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Moland House
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Moland House. September 2012.
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| Location | 1641 Old York Rd., Hartsville, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°14′10″N 75°5′34″W / 40.23611°N 75.09278°WCoordinates: 40°14′10″N 75°5′34″W / 40.23611°N 75.09278°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1750 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| NRHP Reference # | 89000352 |
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| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1989 |
| Designated PHMC | October 21, 1947 |
Moland House (aka Washington's Headquarters Farm) is an old stone farmhouse built around 1750, by John Moland (b. 1700 London, England d. 1761), a prominent Philadelphia and Bucks County lawyer. Although physically located in Hartsville, Warwick Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, its mailing address is in Warminster Township, Pennsylvania. The house served as the headquarters for General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War from August 10 to 23, 1777 while on the way to the Battle of Brandywine. The encampment stretched along both sides of Old York Road, on the slope of Carr's hill to the north; both sides of Bristol Road from Mearns Road to Meetinghouse Road. The Battle of Crooked Billet ended near here on May 1, 1778.
Moland House is owned by Warwick Township and is being restored and maintained by the Warwick Township Historical Society through grants from Warwick Township, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the federal government, plus by private foundations and individual donors. Restoration began in 1997, and although it is nearly complete, a number of projects remain to be funded.
In the early evening of August 10, 1777, 11,000 Continental Army and militia soldiers were marching up York Road towards the Cross Roads with Bristol Road (which is known today as Hartsville, PA) on their way to Coryell’s Ferry (now New Hope), intending to camp four miles beyond the Delaware River in New Jersey.
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