Waynesborough

Infobox_nrhp | name =Waynesborough
nrhp_type =nhl


caption = Waynesborough in 1960
location= 2049 Waynesborough Rd., Paoli, Pennsylvania
locmapin = Pennsylvania
area =
built =1745
architect= Unknown
architecture= Georgian
designated= November 28, 1972cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1367&ResourceType=Building
title=Waynesborough |accessdate=2008-02-07|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = March 07, 1973cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=73001603

Waynesborough, also known as Gen. Anthony Wayne House, was the home of American Revolutionary War general Anthony Wayne (1745-1796). He lived there for all his life except his last 5 years.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1972.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/73001603.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: General Anthony Wayne House, "Waynesborough" / Waynesborough] |653 KB|date=March 02, 1972 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service]

The Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks (Landmarks) offers tours of Waynesborough from mid-March through December on Wednesday through Sunday from 1-3 p.m.

Many buildings near the Waynesborough home have been named after it.

References

External links

* [http://www.philalandmarks.org/wayne.aspx Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks: Waynesborough]