Ladd's Castle, also known as Candor Hall, is a historic house located at 1337 Lafayette Avenue in the
Colonial Manor section of
West Deptford Township in
Gloucester County, New Jersey. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on October 31, 1972, for its significance in architecture and urban planning.
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History and description
The house was constructed , by John Ladd, a surveyor who purportedly helped
William Penn
William Penn ( – ) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England. He was an early advocate of democracy a ...
in planning the organization of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
.
The two-story patterned brick house features
Flemish bond with glazed headers. According the nomination form, it is the oldest brick house in the county. The house was renovated 1947–1948.
See also
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List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
This article attempts to list the oldest extant buildings surviving in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America, including the oldest houses in New Jersey and any other surviving structures. Some dates are approximate and based upo ...
References
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West Deptford Township, New Jersey
Brick buildings and structures
1688 establishments in the Dominion of New England
Houses completed in 1688
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Houses in Gloucester County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Gloucester County, New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places