Ladd's Castle
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| Location | 1337 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Manor, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 39°51′28″N 75°8′37″W / 39.85778°N 75.14361°WCoordinates: 39°51′28″N 75°8′37″W / 39.85778°N 75.14361°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | ca. 1688 |
| NRHP Reference # | 72000794[1] |
| NJRHP # | 1425[2] |
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| Added to NRHP | October 31, 1972 |
| Designated NJRHP | March 15, 1972 |
Ladd's Castle (also known as Candor Hall) is a historic building at 1337 Lafayette Avenue in the Colonial Manor section of West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.
It was built around 1688 by William Ladd, a surveyor who purportedly helped William Penn to plan out Philadelphia.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
See also
- List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey
References
- ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 5. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ↑ Volume 2 of Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, Francis Bazley Lee (Lewis historical publishing company, 1910) , pg. 746 http://books.google.com/books?id=L5E-AAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
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