Ladd's Castle West Deptford/Woodbury New Jersey (Axis Video)
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Is there really a castle in West Deptford/Woodbury New Jersey?
Ladd's Castle/Candor Hall located at 1337 Lafayette Avenue Woodbury, NJ.
A blue, New Jersey Historical Marker sign on the property names, Ladds Castle, and describes the home as once belonging to, John Ladd, who helped Penn plan Philadelphia, built this house in 1688. The original name was Candor Hall.
Ladd's Castle is a historic building located in the Colonial Manor section of Woodbury, New Jersey.Ladd's Castle was built in 1688.
It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1972. Reference # 72000794. Designated a New Jersey Register of Historic Places March 15, 1972. NJRHP # 1425.
Ladd's Castle was built in 1688 by William Ladd, a surveyor who assisted William Penn to plan out Philadelphia. Ladd, came to Burlington in 1678 when he was approximately 21 years old.
Ladd became involved with the Proprietors of West Jersey even though he was never a member and was present at a general meeting in 1687. During this meeting, Ladd helped organize and create the council. At the first council meeting in 1688, Ladd signed a protest to Govenor William Burnett against the repeal of the law regarding the dividing line of East and West Jersey.
Later, Ladd had a hand in designing the city of Philadelphia. Ladd was employed by William Penn and therefore, assisted Pennsylvania's founding father in laying out the city of Philadelphia.
Legend has it that Penn offered Ladd a square in the best portion of Philadelphia, for thirty pounds. Ladd refused the land, and allegedly Penn said to him, thou art Ladd by name and Ladd by nature, dost thou not know that this will be a great city?
But Ladd had no interest in living in what would soon be a bustling city and, in 1688, purchased approximately 500 acres in West Deptford which fronted on the Delaware River. Shortly after, Ladd built a manor house which he called Candor Hall that sits on what is now known as Lafayette Street in West Deptford.
The water-front property was originally known as Corks Cove, then changed to Ladds Cove upon the familys arrival to the land. Now known as Ladds Castle, the main portion of the house was made of bricks that were made on the property, and had four chimneys. This main section was flanked on either end by expansive wings made from hewn timber.
A large brick kitchen once stood at the end of the north wing. The wings have since disappeared, but the brick, two-story portion still stands. Ladds Castle is said to be the oldest, brick house in Gloucester County.
NARRATOR:
Eileen
MUSIC:
"Almost In F"
"Babylon"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
©2018 Axis Video
Ladd's Castle/Candor Hall located at 1337 Lafayette Avenue Woodbury, NJ.
A blue, New Jersey Historical Marker sign on the property names, Ladds Castle, and describes the home as once belonging to, John Ladd, who helped Penn plan Philadelphia, built this house in 1688. The original name was Candor Hall.
Ladd's Castle is a historic building located in the Colonial Manor section of Woodbury, New Jersey.Ladd's Castle was built in 1688.
It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places on October 31, 1972. Reference # 72000794. Designated a New Jersey Register of Historic Places March 15, 1972. NJRHP # 1425.
Ladd's Castle was built in 1688 by William Ladd, a surveyor who assisted William Penn to plan out Philadelphia. Ladd, came to Burlington in 1678 when he was approximately 21 years old.
Ladd became involved with the Proprietors of West Jersey even though he was never a member and was present at a general meeting in 1687. During this meeting, Ladd helped organize and create the council. At the first council meeting in 1688, Ladd signed a protest to Govenor William Burnett against the repeal of the law regarding the dividing line of East and West Jersey.
Later, Ladd had a hand in designing the city of Philadelphia. Ladd was employed by William Penn and therefore, assisted Pennsylvania's founding father in laying out the city of Philadelphia.
Legend has it that Penn offered Ladd a square in the best portion of Philadelphia, for thirty pounds. Ladd refused the land, and allegedly Penn said to him, thou art Ladd by name and Ladd by nature, dost thou not know that this will be a great city?
But Ladd had no interest in living in what would soon be a bustling city and, in 1688, purchased approximately 500 acres in West Deptford which fronted on the Delaware River. Shortly after, Ladd built a manor house which he called Candor Hall that sits on what is now known as Lafayette Street in West Deptford.
The water-front property was originally known as Corks Cove, then changed to Ladds Cove upon the familys arrival to the land. Now known as Ladds Castle, the main portion of the house was made of bricks that were made on the property, and had four chimneys. This main section was flanked on either end by expansive wings made from hewn timber.
A large brick kitchen once stood at the end of the north wing. The wings have since disappeared, but the brick, two-story portion still stands. Ladds Castle is said to be the oldest, brick house in Gloucester County.
NARRATOR:
Eileen
MUSIC:
"Almost In F"
"Babylon"
Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
©2018 Axis Video