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.Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: historic house in Morristown, New Jersey
- Also known as: “Colonel Jacob Ford Jr. House” and “Washington’s Headquarters”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Acorn Hall and Morristown station.
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 1,900 feet east of Ford Mansion.
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 2,100 feet west of Ford Mansion.
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 Ford Mansion.
Morris Plains
Village
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 Ford Mansion.
Ford Mansion
- Categories: historic house, historic house museum, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Morris County, Skylands, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.79635° or 40° 47′ 47″ northLongitude
-74.46673° or 74° 28′ 0″ westOpen location code
87G7QGWM+G8OpenStreetMap ID
way 257798072OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata ID
Q5467841
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“Ford Mansion” goes by many names.
- French: “manoir Ford”
- French: “Manoir Ford”
- Japanese: “フォード・マンション”
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Highlights include Washington Headquarters National Park and Christian Science Church in Morristown, NJ.
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