Moore House

The farmhouse where American and British commissioners negotiated the Articles of Capitulation on October 18, 1781. American commissioners included John Laurens and Viscount de Noailles; the British sent Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Dundas and Major Alexander Ross. The negotiations lasted one day. The house, owned by Augustine Moore, stood between the British lines and American positions — neutral territory for the talks. The capitulation documents signed here formalized the surrender that ended the war's active fighting. The NPS has restored the house and it is open seasonally.