1000 Boxwood Ct., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Montgomery.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 22, 1978. NRIS 78002436.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
"Poplar Lane", also known as "Ballygomingo," is a historic house located in Gulph Mills, Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
The original house seems to have been three bays wide, and was built in 1758. This served as General George Washington's headquarters in December 1778, prior to the Continental Army's move to winter quarters at Valley Forge.
The house was widened to six bays in 1816, resulting in an asymmetrical facade, and the four-bay wing with the two-story portico was added about 1821.
The current house is a 10-bay, two-and-a-half-story stone building faced with stucco. This includes the 1821 wing, that features a two-story portico with balcony that screens a spacious living room below and a bedroom suite above.
Poplar Lane was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996032