Moore Hall (Phoenixville, Pennsylvania) Explained

Moore Hall
Location:East of Phoenixville on Valley Forge Road, Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.1228°N -75.495°W
Built:1730
Architecture:Georgian
Added:November 19, 1974
Refnum:74001771

Moore Hall, also known as the William Moore House, is an historic, American home that is located in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

History and arhitectural features

This house dates back to roughly 1722, and is a -story, five-bay by three-bay, fieldstone dwelling that was designed in the Georgian style. It has a gable roof, a two-story rear kitchen wing, and a sun porch, and was restored during the late-1930s.

During the American Revolution, this house served as headquarters for Colonel Clement Biddle, in late-1777 and early-1778, during the encampment at Valley Forge. At that time, a committee of congress met at Moore Hall for three months and there decided that General George Washington should serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.

At the turn of the twentieth century, the house served as the summer home for Pennsylvania Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

External links

. Pennypacker, Samuel W.. Samuel W. Pennypacker. Historical and biographical sketches. William Moore of Moore Hall. 1883. At Wikisource.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. ARCH: Pennsylvania's Historic Architecture & Archaeology. Searchable database. 2012-11-02. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H050890_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Moore Hall]. 2012-11-03. Eleanor Winsor and Harvey Freedenberg. PDF. August 1972.