Washington’s Headquarters
Washington’s Headquarters is a memorial in Town of Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. Washington’s Headquarters is situated nearby to Christian Science Church in Morristown, NJ, as well as near the historic building Ford Mansion.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ford Mansion and Acorn Hall.
Ford Mansion
Historic building
Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Acorn Hall
Museum
Photo: DaytonaRacer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Acorn Hall is an 1853 Victorian Italianate mansion located at 68 Morris Avenue in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 3, 1973, for its significance in architecture. Acorn Hall is situated 1,800 feet east of Washington’s Headquarters.
Morristown station
Railway station
Photo: Rich Mitchell, CC BY 2.0.
Morristown station is a NJ Transit rail station on the Morristown Line, serving the town of Morristown, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. It serves an average of 1,800 passengers on a typical weekday. Morristown station is situated 2,300 feet west of Washington’s Headquarters.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morristown and Monroe.
Morristown
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Morristown is a town of 19,000 people in Morris County, New Jersey. Morristown has been called "the military capital of the American Revolution" because of its strategic role in the war for independence from Great Britain.
Monroe
Hamlet
Hanover Township is a township in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 14,677, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 965 from the 13,712 recorded at the 2010 census, which in turn reflected an increase of 814 from the 12,898 counted in the 2000 census. Monroe is situated 1½ miles northeast of Washington’s Headquarters.
Morris Plains
Town
Morris Plains is a borough in Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 6,153, an increase of 621 from the 2010 census count of 5,532, which in turn reflected an increase of 296 from the 5,236 counted in the 2000 census. Morris Plains is situated 2 miles northwest of Washington’s Headquarters.
Washington’s Headquarters
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “Headquarters at Morristown January – May 1777 December 1779 – June 1780”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Town of Morristown, Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.79574° or 40° 47′ 45″ northLongitude
-74.46635° or 74° 27′ 59″ westOpen location code
87G7QGWM+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 8997001966OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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