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Valley Forge was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1961 and was listed in the initial National Register of Historic Places in 1966. [8] [9] The area covered by these listings goes outside what was then Valley Forge State Park boundaries to include four historic houses where the Marquis de Lafayette and other officers were quartered.
The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement. It is located on the west side of Valley Forge National Historical Park at the confluence of Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. The remaining village is in Schuylkill Township of Chester County. It once spanned Valley Creek into Montgomery County.
The house became part of Valley Forge State Park in 1905, which was given to the people of the United States by Pennsylvania in 1976. [ 6 ] The Centennial and Memorial Association of Valley Forge , [ 7 ] led by Founding Regent Anna Morris Holstein , [ 8 ] was incorporated in 1878 with the purpose of saving, acquiring, preserving General ...
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 15.6 square miles (40.3 km 2), of which 15.4 square miles (39.8 km 2) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.5 km 2) (1.29%) is water. Lower Providence Township includes a portion of Valley Forge National Historical Park and Evansburg State Park. Evansburg State Park provides for a ...
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Sullivan's Bridge is a trail bridge that crosses the Schuylkill River and connects West Norriton Township with Upper Merion Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.The bridge carries Sullivan's Trail, which connects the Schuylkill River Trail to Valley Forge National Historical Park. [1]
The General Friedrich Von Steuben Headquarters is a historic house on Pennsylvania Route 23 in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Chester County, Pennsylvania.Built about 1770, it has been advanced as a possible residence of Baron Friedrich von Steuben (1730-1794), the Prussian drill-master of Continental Army troops during the 1777-78 Valley Forge encampment.