National Register of Historic Places

Camp-Woods

Villanova, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Listed
August 31, 1983
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
83002239

About this property

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. 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. 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.

Location

745 Newtown Rd.
Villanova, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
40.02092, -75.36244

Categories

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When was Camp-Woods listed on the National Register?

Camp-Woods was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1983.

What type of historic resource is Camp-Woods?

Camp-Woods is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Camp-Woods is recorded as the industrial era.

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