Cliveden (Chew House)

Georgian mansion built 1767 by Pennsylvania Chief Justice Benjamin Chew. On October 4, 1777, it became the pivot point of the Battle of Germantown when a British detachment of roughly 120 soldiers barricaded themselves inside and refused to surrender. Continental forces under General Henry Knox spent critical time attempting to reduce the fortified house with artillery, alerting the main British force and contributing to the battle's collapse. The bullet scars and cannonball damage to the exterior walls are still visible. Now a National Historic Landmark managed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.