Ladd's Castle

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.

Ladd's Castle
Location1337 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Manor, New Jersey
Coordinates39°51′28″N 75°8′37″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtca. 1688
NRHP reference No.72000794[1]
NJRHP No.1425[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1972
Designated NJRHPMarch 15, 1972

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

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  3. Lee, Francis Bazley (1910-01-01). Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ... Lewis historical publishing Company. p. 746.


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