Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Ford Mansion - Washington's Headquarters

The Ford Mansion in Morristown, New Jersey was built by Jacob Ford, Jr. in 1774. My mom and I took a tour on a frigid Sunday in December. It served as George Washington’s Headquarters from December 1779 to June 1780.

The grand front entrance is beautiful. 

Doesn't this Park Ranger have an interesting job?

Nothing compares to 18th century wavy glass, does it? It appears that some of these panes are replacements. 

I'll post more of my iPhone photos from time to time. Read more about this historic site here.

2 comments:

Robin@DecoratingTennisGirl said...

Beautiful olden home. I love to see detail in a home.

Cynthia L. H. said...

What a wonderful place to visit! That would definitely be a unusual job! I love the wavy glass, too.
Nice.
;^)