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    <p><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, via EDGAR, on September 15, 2004</FONT></p>
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    <p><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Registration No. 333-</FONT><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">____________</font><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif"></FONT></p>
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<P align="center"><b><FONT size="4" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
<font size="2">      </font></FONT><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></b></P>
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<P align="center"><b><FONT size="5" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">FORM S-8</FONT></b></P>
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<P align="center"><b><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT<br>
  UNDER<br>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></b></P>
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<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">                  <font size="5"><b>Orleans Homebuilders, Inc.</b></font><br>
<font size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></FONT></P>
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    <td width="48%" align="center"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Delaware</font></td>
    <td width="4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="48%" align="center"><font size="2"><u><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">59-0874323</font></u></font></td>
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    <td align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(State
    or other jurisdiction of</font><br>
    <font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">incorporation
    or
organization)</font></font></font></td>
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    <td align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(I.R.S.
          Employer
Identification No.)</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">One
            Greenwood Square, Suite 101,<br>
      3333 Street Road, Bensalem, Pennsylvania
    19020</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(Address
    of principal executive offices)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip Code)</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Orleans
    Homebuilders, Inc. </font><br>
    <font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">2004
    Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan</font></font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(Full
    title of the plan)</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Joseph
          A. Santangelo<br>
    </font></font><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Chief
    Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary<br>
    Orleans Homebuilders, Inc.<br>
    </font></font><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">One
    Greenwood Square, Suite 101</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Bensalem,
    Pennsylvania 19020</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(Name
    and address of agent for service)</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(215)
    245-7500</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(Telephone
    number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Copies
    to:</font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><p><font size="2">&nbsp;<font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jason
            M. Shargel, Esquire<br>
        Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP<br>
      </font></font><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">1650
      Arch Street<br>
      Philadelphia, PA 19103<br>
    </font></font><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(215)
    977-2000</font></font></p>
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<P align="center"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><b>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE</b></font></P>
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   <TD><div align="center"><font size="1"><b>&nbsp;<font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Title of
    Securities<br>
    to be Registered</font></b></font></div></TD>
   <TD><div align="center"><font size="1"><b><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Amount<br>
    to be<br>
    Registered<sup>(1)</sup></font></b></font></div></TD>
   <TD><div align="center"><font size="1"><b><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Proposed Maximum
    Offering Price<br>
    Per Share</FONT></b></font></div></TD>
   <TD align="right"><div align="center"><font size="1"><b><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate<br>
      Offering
    Price</FONT></b></font></div></TD>
   <TD><div align="center"><font size="1"><b><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Amount of<br>
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   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Common
    Stock, $.01 par value per share</font></TD>
   <TD width=15% align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">27,500</FONT></TD>
   <TD width=15% align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">$21.60<sup>(2)</sup></FONT></TD>
   <TD width=15% align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">$594,000</FONT></TD>
   <TD width=15% align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">$75.26</FONT></TD>
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   <TD align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">22,500</FONT></TD>
   <TD align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">$20.67<sup>(3)</sup></FONT></TD>
   <TD align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">$465,075</FONT></TD>
   <TD align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">$58.93</FONT></TD>
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   <TD width="3%" valign="top"><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(1)</FONT></TD>
   <TD valign="top"><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.</FONT></TD>
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   <TD valign="top"><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(2)</FONT></TD>
   <TD valign="top"><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the price at which options may be exercised.</FONT></TD>
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   <TD valign="top"><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Calculated pursuant to 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock on September 9, 2004 as quoted on the American Stock Exchange.</FONT></TD>
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<U><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">PART </FONT></U><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">I </FONT></font>
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<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">A prospectus setting forth the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act of 1933. </FONT></font>
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<U><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">PART </FONT></U><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">II </FONT></font>
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<U><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></U><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> </FONT></font>
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    <td><div align="left"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</u>.</font> </font></div></td>
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<p><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">The following
    documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated into
    this Registration Statement by reference:</FONT><font size="2">
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    <td><font size="2">&nbsp;<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
          Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
          description of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value
          per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registration Statement
          filed by the Registrant to register such securities under the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934, including all amendments and reports filed for
    the purpose of updating such description.</FONT> </font></td>
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    <td><font size="2">&nbsp;<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All
          documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
          13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
          of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
          indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
          deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
          be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
          be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement
          contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
          to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that
          a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document
          which also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes
          such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
    deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded. </FONT></font></td>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description of Securities</U>.</FONT> </font></td>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif"></FONT></font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Item
    5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</U>.</FONT> </font></td>
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    Applicable.</FONT></font></td>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U>.</FONT></font></td>
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<P><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For information regarding provisions under which a director or officer of the Registrant may be insured or indemnified in any manner against any liability which he may incur in his capacity as such, reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which provides in its entirety as follows: </FONT></font>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;"(a)
          &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is
          a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
          or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
          or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
          by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer,
          employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
          of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
          corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
          against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
          amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
          person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person
          acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
          to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
          with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
          cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination
          of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction,
          or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
          itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
          and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not
          opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
          to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe
      that the person's conduct was unlawful. </FONT></font></td>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is
          a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
          or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to
          procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person
          is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
          or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
          officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
          venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
          fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
          with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
          acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
          to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
          except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim,
          issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
          be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
          Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
          shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
          liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person
          is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
    the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. </FONT></font></td>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation
          has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
          suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section,
          or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
          be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
    and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. </FONT></font> </td>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(d)</font><font size="2">
  <font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif"> Any indemnification
  under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall
  be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
  that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or
  agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable
  standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such
  determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or
  officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors
  who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than
  a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote
  of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such
  directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders. </font></font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(e) Expenses
    (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending
    any
        civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding
        may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
        such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or
        on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall
        ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified
        by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including
        attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees
        and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as
the corporation deems appropriate.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(f) The indemnification
        and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the
        other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any
        other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
        expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders
        or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's
        official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(g) A corporation
        shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
        person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
        or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
        officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
        venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against
        such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
        out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would
        have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under
this section.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(h) For purposes
    of this section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition
        to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
        any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger
        which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power
        and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or
        agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
        or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the
        request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee
        or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
        other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section
        with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person
        would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued. </font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(i) For purposes
    of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee
        benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed
on a person with </font></p>
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  <p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">respect to
    any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the
    corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or
    agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by,
    such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit
    plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith
    and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of
    the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed
    to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as
    referred to in this section. </font>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(j) The indemnification
        and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this
        section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
        continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
        or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
        of
such a person.</font></p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(k) The Court
        of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
        determine all
        actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under
        this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
        directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine
        a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys'
fees)." </font> </p>
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<p><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">See also Article Seven
    of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, which obligates
    the Registrant, and Article V of the Registrant's By-Laws, which grants the
    Registrant the power, to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
    agents. Section 5.8 of Article V of the Registrant's Bylaws, as amended,
    further permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
    of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
    Registrant, or who is or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director,
    officer employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
    trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and
    incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
    whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
    under the provisions of Article V of the Registrant's Bylaws. The Registrant
    has purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance. </font>
</p>
</div>
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    <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Item 7.</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font size="2"><u><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Exemption from
    Registration Claimed</font></u><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">.</font></font></td>
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    <td width="4%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Not Applicable.</font><font size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Item 8.</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font size="2"><u><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Exhibits</font></u><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">.</font> </font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">The
    following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement: </font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">4</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Orleans Homebuilders,
    Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan</font><font size="2">&nbsp; </font></td>
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    <td width="4%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">5</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Opinion of Wolf,
    Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">23.1</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
    LLP </font></td>
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    <td><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">23.2</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Consent of Wolf,
    Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP   (contained in Exhibit 5) </font></td>
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   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this</FONT></TD>
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   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Registration Statement)</FONT></TD>
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   <TD colspan="3"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Item 9.</FONT><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Undertakings</u>.</FONT></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">The
    undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp; </font></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective</FONT><font size="2"> <FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">amendment
    to this registration statement:</FONT></font></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
    Act of 1933;</FONT> </font></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
        date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
        a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
        statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
        volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
        offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
        from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may
        be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
        to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
        represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
        price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
    effective registration statement;</FONT> </font></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
        not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
    change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT> </font></TD>
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  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">provided,
        however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
        registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
        required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
        is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
        Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
    by reference in the registration statement.</FONT> </font></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
        Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
        a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
        and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
    the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT> </font></TD>
</TR>
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  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
        of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
    of the offering.</FONT> </font></TD>
</TR>
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  <TD colspan="3">&nbsp;</TD>
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  <TD colspan="3"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
        any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
        annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
    benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities</FONT> </font></TD>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Exchange
          Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
          statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
          to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
    at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</FONT> </font></td>
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    <td><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
          Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
          persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
          otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
          Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
          public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
          In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
          (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
          by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
          successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
          such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
          securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
          of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
          submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
          such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
    the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT> </font></td>
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<FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif"><b>SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY</b> </FONT>
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<div style="text-indent:3%"><p><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bensalem, State of Pennsylvania, on this 15th day of September, 2004. </FONT></font></p></div>
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    <td colspan="2"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">ORLEANS
    HOMEBUILDERS, INC.</font></font></td>
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    <td valign="top"><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">By:</font></font></td>
    <td><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jeffrey
    P. Orleans<br>
    </font></font>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font size="2"><font face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jeffrey
    P. Orleans<br>
    Chairman and Chief<br>
    Executive Officer </font></font></td>
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  <p><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey P. Orleans, Joseph A. Santangelo and Benjamin D. Goldman, acting individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and


agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</FONT>
  </font></p>
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<div style="text-indent:3%"><p><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated. </FONT></font></p></div>
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   <TD><b><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Signatures </FONT></b></TD>
   <TD width="2%"><font size="1">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD width=40%><b><font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Title</font></b></TD>
   <TD width=2%><font size="1">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD width=25%><b><font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Date</font></b></TD>
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   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jeffrey P. Orleans</FONT></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Chairman
    of the Board of Directors</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September 15,
    2004</FONT></TD>
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   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jeffery P. Orleans </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">and Chief
    Executive Officer</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(Principal
    Executive Officer)</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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   <TD><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Joseph A. Santangelo </FONT></font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
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   <TD><hr align="left" width="250" size=1 noshade></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Chief
    Financial Officer</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
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   <TD><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Joseph A. Santangelo</FONT></font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">(Principal
    Financial Officer and</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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   <TD>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Principal
    Accounting Officer)</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><font size="1">&nbsp;</font></TD>
    <TD><b><font size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Title</font></b></TD>
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   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Michael T. Vesey </FONT></TD>
   <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD width=40%>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD width=2%>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD width=25% align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">President,
    Chief Operating Officer</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Michael T. Vesey </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">and Director</font><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Benjamin D. Goldman </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Vice Chairman
    of the Board of</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Benjamin D. Goldman </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Directors</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jerome S. Goodman </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Jerome S. Goodman </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Robert N. Goodman </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Robert N. Goodman </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Andrew N. Heine </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Andrew N. Heine </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD> <FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">&nbsp; </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       __</font><font size="2">__<FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">David Kaplan </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Lewis Katz </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Lewis Katz </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Robert M. Segal </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Robert M. Segal </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font> </TD>
   <TD></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">John W. Temple </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><HR noshade size=1></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Director</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font><font size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">September
       15</font><font size="2"><FONT face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">,
    2004</FONT></font></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">John W. Temple </FONT></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
   <TD align="center"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
  </TR>
</TABLE>
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   <TD colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="2"></font><b><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">ORLEANS HOMEBUILDERS, INC.</FONT></b></div></TD>
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<TR>
   <TD colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="2"></font><b><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">STOCK AWARD PLAN</FONT></b></div></TD>
  </TR>
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   <TD colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="2"></font></div></TD>
  </TR>
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   <TD colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="2"></font><b><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</FONT></b></div></TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
   <TD colspan="2"><div align="center"><font size="2"></font><b><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">EXHIBIT INDEX</FONT></b></div></TD>
  </TR>
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   <TD width="10%"><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
   <TD><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
   <TD align="center"><B><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Bold,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Exhibit No.</FONT></B></TD>
   <TD align="center"><B><FONT size="1" face="TimesNewRoman,Bold,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Document</FONT></B></TD>
</TR>
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   <TD align="left"><a href="#p4"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">4</FONT></a></TD>
   <TD><a href="#p4"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan</FONT></a></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
   <TD align="left"><a href="#p5"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">5</FONT></a></TD>
   <TD><a href="#p5"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Opinion of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP</FONT></a></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
   <TD align="left"><a href="#p23.1"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">23.1</FONT></a></TD>
   <TD><a href="#p23.1"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></a></TD>
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   <TD align="left"><a href="#p23.2"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">23.2</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></a></TD>
   <TD><a href="#p23.2"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Consent
    of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP (contained in Exhibit 5)</FONT></a></TD>
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   <TD align="left"><a href="#p24"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">24</FONT><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></a></TD>
   <TD><a href="#p24"><FONT size="2" face="TimesNewRoman,Times New Roman,Times,serif">Power
    of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)</FONT></a></TD>
</TR>
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Prepared and filed by St Ives Burrups
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, via EDGAR, on September 15, 2004
Registration No. 333-
____________
SECURITIES
      AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
      STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Orleans Homebuilders, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
59-0874323
(State
    or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
    or
organization)
(I.R.S.
          Employer
Identification No.)
One
            Greenwood Square, Suite 101,
3333 Street Road, Bensalem, Pennsylvania
    19020
(Address
    of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
Orleans
    Homebuilders, Inc.
2004
    Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
(Full
    title of the plan)
Joseph
          A. Santangelo
Chief
    Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Orleans Homebuilders, Inc.
One
    Greenwood Square, Suite 101
Bensalem,
    Pennsylvania 19020
(Name
    and address of agent for service)
(215)
    245-7500
(Telephone
    number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
    to:
Jason
            M. Shargel, Esquire
Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
1650
      Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(215)
    977-2000
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION
FEE
Title of
    Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum
    Offering Price
Per Share
Proposed
      Maximum Aggregate
Offering
    Price
Amount of
Registration
       Fee
Common
    Stock, $.01 par value per share
27,500
$21.60
(2)
$594,000
$75.26
22,500
$20.67
(3)
$465,075
$58.93
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also covers such additional shares as may hereafter be offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations or certain other capital adjustments.
(2)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the price at which options may be exercised.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to 457(h) under the Securities Act based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's common stock on September 9, 2004 as quoted on the American Stock Exchange.
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PART
I
A prospectus setting forth the information required by Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants in the Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)(i) under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART
II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following
    documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
    Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated into
    this Registration Statement by reference:
(a)     The
          Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June
    30, 2004.
(b)     The
          description of the Registrant's shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value
          per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registration Statement
          filed by the Registrant to register such securities under the Securities
          Exchange Act of 1934, including all amendments and reports filed for
    the purpose of updating such description.
(c)     All
          documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
          13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing
          of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which
          indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
          deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to
          be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
          be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement
          contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed
          to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that
          a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document
          which also is incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes
          such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
    deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not
    Applicable.
Item
    5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
Not
    Applicable.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
For information regarding provisions under which a director or officer of the Registrant may be insured or indemnified in any manner against any liability which he may incur in his capacity as such, reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which provides in its entirety as follows:
"(a)
               A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is
          a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
          or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
          or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation)
          by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer,
          employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
          of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another
          corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
          against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
          amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the
          person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person
          acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
          to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and,
          with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable
          cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The termination
          of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction,
          or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of
          itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith
          and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be in or not
          opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
          to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe
      that the person's conduct was unlawful.
(b)     
          A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is
          a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
          or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to
          procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person
          is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
          or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
          officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
          venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys'
          fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection
          with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person
          acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
          to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and
          except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim,
          issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to
          be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
          Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought
          shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of
          liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person
          is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
    the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
(c)     To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation
          has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
          suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of this section,
          or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall
          be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually
    and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
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(d)
Any indemnification
  under subsections (a) and (b) of this section (unless ordered by a court) shall
  be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
  that indemnification of the present or former director, officer, employee or
  agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has met the applicable
  standard of conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section. Such
  determination shall be made, with respect to a person who is a director or
  officer at the time of such determination, (1) by a majority vote of the directors
  who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even though less than
  a quorum, or (2) by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote
  of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (3) if there are no such
  directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in
a written opinion, or (4) by the stockholders.
(e) Expenses
    (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in defending
    any
        civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding
        may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of
        such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or
        on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall
        ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified
        by the corporation as authorized in this section. Such expenses (including
        attorneys' fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees
        and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as
the corporation deems appropriate.
(f) The indemnification
        and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the
        other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any
        other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of
        expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders
        or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's
        official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office.
(g) A corporation
        shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any
        person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation,
        or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
        officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
        venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against
        such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising
        out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would
        have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under
this section.
(h) For purposes
    of this section, references to "the corporation" shall include, in addition
        to the resulting corporation, any constituent corporation (including
        any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger
        which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power
        and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or
        agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee
        or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the
        request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee
        or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
        other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under this section
        with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such person
        would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate
existence had continued.
(i) For purposes
    of this section, references to "other enterprises" shall include employee
        benefit plans; references to "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed
on a person with
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respect to
    any employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the request of the
    corporation" shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or
    agent of the corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by,
    such director, officer, employee, or agent with respect to an employee benefit
    plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith
    and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of
    the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed
    to have acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the corporation" as
    referred to in this section.
(j) The indemnification
        and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this
        section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified,
        continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee
        or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators
        of
such a person.
(k) The Court
        of Chancery is hereby vested with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
        determine all
        actions for advancement of expenses or indemnification brought under
        this section or under any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
        directors, or otherwise. The Court of Chancery may summarily determine
        a corporation's obligation to advance expenses (including attorneys'
fees)."
See also Article Seven
    of the Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, which obligates
    the Registrant, and Article V of the Registrant's By-Laws, which grants the
    Registrant the power, to indemnify its directors, officers, employees and
    agents. Section 5.8 of Article V of the Registrant's Bylaws, as amended,
    further permits the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf
    of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
    Registrant, or who is or was serving at the Registrant's request as a director,
    officer employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture,
    trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him and
    incurred by him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
    whether or not we would have the power to indemnify him against such liability
    under the provisions of Article V of the Registrant's Bylaws. The Registrant
    has purchased directors' and officers' liability insurance.
Item 7.
Exemption from
    Registration Claimed
.
Not Applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The
    following Exhibits are filed as part of this Registration Statement:
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Orleans Homebuilders,
    Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
5
Opinion of Wolf,
    Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
    LLP
23.2
Consent of Wolf,
    Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP   (contained in Exhibit 5)
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Power of Attorney (included on signature pages of this
Registration Statement)
Item 9.
Undertakings
.
(a)
The
    undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To
      file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment
    to this registration statement:
(i)     To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
    Act of 1933;
(ii)     
        To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective
        date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective
        amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent
        a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
        statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in
        volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
        offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation
        from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may
        be reflected in the form of a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant
        to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
        represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
        price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
    effective registration statement;
(iii)     
        To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution
        not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
    change to such information in the registration statement;
provided,
        however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
        registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8, and the information
        required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs
        is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
        Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
    by reference in the registration statement.
(2)     
        That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities
        Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
        a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
        and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
    the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)     
        To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
        of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
    of the offering.
(b)     The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
        any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's
        annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
    benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities
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Exchange
          Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration
          statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating
          to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
    at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)     
          Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
          Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
          persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or
          otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
          Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against
          public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
          In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
          (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid
          by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
          successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
          such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
          securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion
          of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
          submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
          such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
    the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bensalem, State of Pennsylvania, on this 15th day of September, 2004.
ORLEANS
    HOMEBUILDERS, INC.
By:
Jeffrey
    P. Orleans
Jeffrey
    P. Orleans
Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Jeffrey P. Orleans, Joseph A. Santangelo and Benjamin D. Goldman, acting individually, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and

agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant
        to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
        has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
Signatures
Title
Date
Jeffrey P. Orleans
Chairman
    of the Board of Directors
September 15,
    2004
Jeffery P. Orleans
and Chief
    Executive Officer
(Principal
    Executive Officer)
Joseph A. Santangelo
Chief
    Financial Officer
September
       15
,
    2004
Joseph A. Santangelo
(Principal
    Financial Officer and
Principal
    Accounting Officer)
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Signatures
Title
Date
Michael T. Vesey
President,
    Chief Operating Officer
September
       15
,
    2004
Michael T. Vesey
and Director
Benjamin D. Goldman
Vice Chairman
    of the Board of
September
       15
,
    2004
Benjamin D. Goldman
Directors
Jerome S. Goodman
Director
September
       15
,
    2004
Jerome S. Goodman
Robert N. Goodman
Director
September
       15
,
    2004
Robert N. Goodman
Andrew N. Heine
Director
September
       15
,
    2004
Andrew N. Heine
Director
September
       __
__
,
    2004
David Kaplan
Lewis Katz
Director
September
       15
,
    2004
Lewis Katz
Robert M. Segal
Director
September
       15
,
    2004
Robert M. Segal
John W. Temple
Director
September
       15
,
    2004
John W. Temple
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ORLEANS HOMEBUILDERS, INC.
STOCK AWARD PLAN
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Document
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Orleans Homebuilders, Inc. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
5
Opinion of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent
    of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP (contained in Exhibit 5)
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Power
    of Attorney (included on signature pages of this Registration Statement)
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