Waynesborough Waynesborough, a great stone mansion, was the 18th century home of Pennsylvania's Revolutionary War hero, General Anthony Wayne. The property was originally purchased in 1724 by Anthony Wayne's grandfather. The spacious Georgian center block of the house is built on a center passage plan with both an earlier dwelling and later service wing attached. At the peak of its prominence, this 18th century Chester County plantation covered more than 1,000 acres of land and included a large tannery located about one-half mile behind the house. General Wayne was born in the house and lived in retirement there for nearly ten years following his brilliant military career during the American Revolution. He left the estate in 1792 when called by President Washington to serve as major general and commander-in-chief of the Legions of America. Through his campaigns and negotiations with Northwest Indians, he opened the West to settlement. Wayne died at Presque Isle in 1796 while en route home. Waynesborough remained in the Wayne family until the late 1960s. In 1980 the Pennsylvania Society contributed to a broad-based fund raising effort for the purchase of the Waynesborough estate as an historic house museum. Today the house is restored and furnished to reflect life in the 18th century when General Wayne's family lived there. The Society as both donated and placed on loan period furnishings which assist in the interpretation of the house and grounds. Waynesborough is administered by the Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks and the park land which surrounds it by the Commissioners of Easttown Township, Chester County.