Washington's Headquarters: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Morristown National Historical Park
Uschold D and Eleey P. 2025. Washington's Headquarters: Cultural Landscapes Inventory, Morristown National Historical Park. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 650011. National Park Service. NPS Northeast Regional Office, Boston, Massachusetts / CRIS-CL Database
The Washington's Headquarters unit of Morristown NHP is a ten-acre remnant of the 200-acre 18th-century farm that served as General Washington's headquarters during the Continental Army's winter encampment of 1779-80. The site is located in the town of Morristown, New Jersey, in a primarily residential neighborhood. The primary feature of the site is the Ford's 18th-century Georgian mansion. Maintained lawns with scattered, large shade trees and ornamental plantings, a semicircular entrance drive, and a network of pedestrian paths surround the mansion. At the rear of the site is the historical museum, designed by John Russell Pope and constructed in the 1930s. The museum serves as the park's visitor center and headquarters with a large parking area to the north. While most of the property is covered by structures or maintained lawn, a large woodland area buffers the site from the parking area and from Interstate 287 bordering the site on its west.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Uschold, David; Eleey, Patrick
- Date of Issue
- 2025
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Units
- MORR , NER
- Keywords
- Agriculture, Civilian Conservation Corps, commemorative, continental army, defense, domestic, Education, Encampment, farm, Ford Mansion, Fortification, George Washington, Georgian Style, historic site, Interpretive Landscape, Jacob Ford, John Russell Pope, Military, Morristown, Museum, New Jersey, plantation, residential, Single Family Dwelling, Washington Association of New Jersey