Hope Lodge

  • 1776 to 1782 Known As: Whitemarsh Farms or Whitemarsh Estate

  • Address: 553 Bethlehem Pike
  • Vicinity: S of I-276
  • Hours: 3rd Sunday of each month May through October
  • Phone: 215-646-1595
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Available for private functions


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1748/00/00 Edmund Woolley Architect Hope Lodge is built between 1743 and 1748 for Samuel Morris, a prosperous Quaker entrepreneur. Edmund Woolley, architect of Independence Hall, may have offered advice in building the Lodge.
1777/11/00 Continental Army Camp Whitemarsh Encampment - Continental Army camps for six weeks in the fields near Whitemarsh Estate (now Hope Lodge). Surgeon General John Cochran uses the house as his headquarters.
1777/11/00 John Cochran American Surgeon General Whitemarsh Encampment - Continental Army camps for six weeks in the fields near Whitemarsh Estate (now Hope Lodge). Surgeon General John Cochran uses the house as his headquarters.

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Particulars for Hope Lodge:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Georgian Architecture
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Military
Level of Significance National
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 72001141
Resource Type:
Owner: State
Architect: unknown
Architectural Style: Georgian
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Military, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1750-1799
Significant Year: c 1750
Historic Function: Domestic
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

Activities »

Activity
Activity Category Tour

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