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Moore Hall, also known as the William Moore House, is an historic home that is located in Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. This house dates back to roughly 1722, and is a 2+1⁄2-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. William Moore House, State Route 23 & Reading Railroad Tracks vicinity (Schuylkill Township), Phoenixville, Chester County, PA: 7 photos, 15 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Buildings Survey Pennypacker, Samuel W. (1883). "William Moore of Moore Hall" . Historical and biographical sketches. At Wikisource.
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When was Moore Hall listed on the National Register?
Moore Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 19, 1974.
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