Ladd's Castle

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.

Ladd's Castle
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	1337 Lafayette Avenue, Colonial Manor, New Jersey
Coordinates	39°51′28″N 75°8′37″W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	ca. 1688
NRHP reference No.	72000794[1]
NJRHP No.	1425[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 31, 1972
Designated NJRHP	March 15, 1972

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.

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New Jersey

References

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.