Ladd's Castle

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Ladd's Castle
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Ladd's Castle is located in Gloucester County, New Jersey
Ladd's Castle
Location1337 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Manor, New Jersey
Coordinates39°51′28″N 75°8′37″W / 39.85778°N 75.14361°W / 39.85778; -75.14361Coordinates: 39°51′28″N 75°8′37″W / 39.85778°N 75.14361°W / 39.85778; -75.14361
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtca. 1688
NRHP reference No.72000794[1]
NJRHP No.1425[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 31, 1972
Designated NJRHPMarch 15, 1972

Ladd's Castle (also known as Candor Hall) is a historic building at 1337 Lafayette Avenue in the Colonial Manor section of West Deptford Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

It was built around 1688 by William Ladd, a surveyor who purportedly helped William Penn to plan out Philadelphia.[3] The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Gloucester County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 18, 2011. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
  3. ^ Lee, Francis Bazley (1910-01-01). Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey ... Lewis historical publishing Company. p. 746.


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