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
Gloucester County ( ) is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the county was the state's List of counties in New Jersey, 14th-most populous county . It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
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, religious thinker, and influential Quakers, Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonization of the Americas, British colonial era. An advocate of democracy and religi ...
in planning the organization of
Philadelphia
Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...
.
The two-story patterned brick house features
Flemish bond
Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (''stretchers'') alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (''headers'') within the same cou ...
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 wikt:extant, 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 ...
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West Deptford Township, New Jersey
Brick buildings and structures in New Jersey
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