Clifton House is a historic building located at 473 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Fort Washington is an unincorporated census-designated place and suburb of Philadelphia in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,446 at the 2010 census.-Prior to the Revolutionary War:...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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.

During the autumn of 1777, Washington's

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

 Continental Army

Continental Army

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 spent six weeks camped at nearby Whitemarsh

Philadelphia campaign

The Philadelphia campaign was a British initiative in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, which was then the seat of the Second Continental Congress...

. Colonels Clement Biddle

Clement Biddle

Colonel Clement Biddle was an American Revolutionary War soldier.- Life :Biddle was born May 10, 1740 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to John Biddle and Sarah Owen . He was the younger brother of Owen Biddle, Sr...

 (the "Quaker General" and member of one of Philadelphia's prominent families

Biddle family

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) and Stephen Moylan

Stephen Moylan

Stephen Moylan was an Irish-American patriot leader during the American Revolutionary War. He had several positions in the Continental Army including Muster-Master General, Secretary and Aide to General George Washington, Quartermaster General, Commander of The Fourth Continental Light Dragoons...

, and General George Wheedon

George Weedon

George Weedon was an American soldier during the Revolutionary War from Fredericksburg, Virginia.He served as a Brigadier General in the Continental Army and later in the Virginia militia....

, were quartered here during the encampment.

The house that currently stands on the property was built in 1801. At the time of the American Revolution

American Revolutionary War

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, it was known as the Sandy Run Inn.

Today, the Clifton House is a library and museum operated by the Fort Washington Historical Society, and also serves as the society's headquarters.