Camp-Woods
Camp-Woods | |
![]() Camp-Woods, 1962 | |
40°1′15″N 75°21′46″W / 40.02083°N 75.36278°W / 40.02083; -75.36278 | |
Area | 4.2 acres (1.7 ha) |
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Built | 1910-1912 |
Architect | John S. Cornell & Sons; Howard Van Doren Shaw |
Architectural style | Italianate, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 83002239[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 1983 |
Camp-Woods, is a historic estate with associated buildings located at Villanova, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and built on a 400 ft (120 m) high spot which had been a 200-man outpost of George Washington's Army during the Valley Forge winter of 1777–78.[2] The house, built between 1910 and 1912 for banker James M. Willcox, is a two-story, brick and limestone, F-shaped house in an Italianate-Georgian style. It measures 160 ft (49 m) in length and 32 ft (9.8 m) deep at the "waist." It has a slate roof, Doric order limestone cornice, open loggia porches, and a covered entrance porch supported by Doric order columns. The house was designed by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw (1869-1926). The property includes formal gardens.[3] Its former carriage house is no longer part of the main estate. The original tennis court is now also a separate property named "Outpost Hill". The Revolutionary encampment is marked by a flagpole in a circular stone monument at the north-western edge of the property. The inscription reads, "An outpost of George Washington's Army encamped here thro the winter of Valley Forge 1777-1778".
The Camp-Woods mansion was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
Gallery
- Former Carriage House to Camp-Woods - 741 Newtown Rd
- Monument at Camp Woods
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ The War of the Revolution in Radnor (1777-1778) by Francis James Dallett, revised 2014 by Phil Graham, published by Radnor Historical Society.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-12. Note: This includes Martin Avery Snyder (April 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Camp-Woods" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-11.
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- Bryn Mawr‡
- Garrett Hill
- Radnor (part)
- Rosemont
- Strafford (part)
- Villanova
- Wayne (CDP)
- Downtown Wayne Historic District
- North Wayne Historic District
- South Wayne Historic District
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Tertiary |
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- Bridge in Radnor Township No. 1
- Bridge in Radnor Township No. 2
- Camp-Woods
- Chanticleer Garden
- Glenays
- Radnor Friends Meetinghouse
- St. David's Episcopal Church
- Wayne Hotel
- Woodcrest
- Bryn Mawr (NHSL)
- County Line (NHSL)
- Garrett Hill
- Radnor (NSPL)
- Radnor (Regional Rail)
- Roberts Road (formerly Rosemont)
- St. Davids
- Villanova (NHSL)
- Villanova (Regional)
- Wayne
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent township or townships.
Armenian Sisters Academy has a "Radnor, PA" postal address but is in Upper Merion Township