Rock Ford plantation
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The Rock Ford plantation was the home of General Edward Hand, adjutant general to George Washington during the American Revolutionary War.
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Edward Hand bought the land on which the plantation was built in two transactions, first purchasing 160 acres (0.65 km²) in 1785 and later buying 17 additional acres in 1792. The Georgian-style brick mansion was built in 1794, and its architecture has since remained largely unchanged. All four floors conform to the same plan, a center hall and four corner rooms, as was typical of the period. The plantation stands on the banks of the Conestoga River, one mile (1.6 km) south of the city of Lancaster.
Today, the house is believed to be haunted by the ghost of General Hand's son, who allegedly committed suicide in the house around 1809.
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