Dawesfield

Dawesfield
Dawesfield is located in Pennsylvania
Dawesfield
Dawesfield is located in the United States
Dawesfield
Location565 Lewis Ln., Ambler, Whitpain Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°9′12″N 75°14′53″W / 40.15333°N 75.24806°W / 40.15333; -75.24806
Area11.2 acres (4.5 ha)
Built1736
ArchitectWilling, Charles
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.91000318[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1991

Dawesfield, also known as Camp Morris, is an historic country house estate located in Ambler in Whitpain Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The property has eleven contributing buildings, one contributing site, and one contributing structure. They include the two-and-one-half-story, stone main dwelling (c. 1736–1870), stone barn (1795, 1937), stone tenant house (1845), frame farm manager's house (1884), and eight stone-and-frame outbuildings (1736-1952). The property features landscaped grounds, a stone wall, and terraced lawns.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-05-06. Note: This includes Gregory Ramsey (January 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dawesfield" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-05.