Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge, was in the Isaac Potts House, located at the confluence of Valley Creek

Valley Creek

Valley Creek is a tributary of the Schuylkill River in eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States, flowing through an area known as the Great Valley....

 with the Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River

The Schuylkill River is a river in Pennsylvania. It is a designated Pennsylvania Scenic River.The river is about long. Its watershed of about lies entirely within the state of Pennsylvania. The source of its eastern branch is in the Appalachian Mountains at Tuscarora Springs, near Tamaqua in...

, in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. General George Washington

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...

 made his headquarters

Headquarters

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 here during the encampment at Valley Forge of the Continental Army

Continental Army

The Continental Army was formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteen Colonies in...

, during the winter and spring of 1777-1778. The restored building is part of the Valley Forge National Historical Park and is open to the public.

"... this small house is believed to have been constructed in 1773 for Isaac Potts, operator of the family grist mill. Although some sources place the construction date as early as 1759. In 1777-8 the property was owned by Isaac but rented to his aunt, the widow Deborah Hewes, who sublet it to Washington. The General's wife Martha

Martha Washington

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 lived here with him during the later months of the encampment and the administrative business of the army was transacted on the first floor."

It was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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 in 1972.

See also

• Valley Forge
  Valley Forge
  Valley Forge in Pennsylvania was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 in the American Revolutionary War.-History:...
  
   - for the historical encampment and its impacts on the American Revolutionary War
  American Revolutionary War
  The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
  
  
• Valley Forge National Historical Park
  Valley Forge National Historical Park
  Valley Forge National Historical Park is the site where the Continental Army spent the winter of 1777–1778 near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the American Revolutionary War. The National Historical Park preserves the site and interprets the history of the Valley Forge encampment. ...
  
   - for the current status of the Headquarters and encampment
• Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
  Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
  The Village of Valley Forge is an unincorporated settlement located on the west side of Valley Forge National Historical Park at the confluence of Valley Creek and the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania, United States. The remaining village is in Schuylkill Township of Chester County, but once...
  
   - for the location of this house.
• Washington's Headquarters
  Washington's Headquarters
  Washington's Headquarters refers to locations used as a headquarters by George Washington:* Headquarters of George Washington, Cumberland, Maryland, as a Colonel in 1755 to 1758, revisited as US Commander in Chief in 1794...
  
  - for other locations Washington used as headquarters.