Gettysburg House Histories

07/11/2023

One of my top five favorite barns...and I have been in A LOT of barns! It's as impressive on the inside as it is on the outside!

The barn was built for Mr. John Shull, near Ardentsville (Adams County). Construction began on June 7, 1901, and was finished later in the month.

06/30/2023

Airing your dirty laundry in public...early 1800s style...

09/18/2022

Korff Sleeping Porch in 1917.

05/06/2022

I love this! We rarely get to see what the INSIDE looked like.

A few interior photos of a home of a Victorian-era family.

12/02/2021

It doesn't get any better than this!

A notice in the newspaper from January 24, 1832, advertising the property for sale...and...the original deed, dated April 7, 1832, transferring ownership of the property to the highest bidder from the sale.

11/30/2021

One of my clients found some goodies hidden in the wall in his out kitchen. He estimated these (and other things he's found) to be from the 1910-1930 era.

11/24/2021

Not sure about this one. It’s kind of creepy.

Amazing Door Handle Design
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06/16/2021

I’ve seen a lot of unusual staircases throughout the years, but this is definitely the oddest. Ouch!

06/12/2021

The Rose Farm on the Gettysburg Battlefield, c.1889

The first picture, taken from "The Loop", shows the Rose Farm buildings and the second picture (added just for fun!) shows "The Loop" taken from the Rose Farm.

06/09/2021

Additions are quite common on older houses. A number of houses were originally built on the smaller side and additions were added over the years to increase living space.

This stunning (c. 1870) house in Butler Township was pretty straightforward in showing me her "old" and "new". The original two-story house had a one-story summer kitchen attached. I've added arrows to the pictures so you can see the changes made to the original structure. Also note the change in foundation materials in the first photo.

06/07/2021

We have some pretty spectacular "cow houses" in Adams County. Just look at this beauty in Highland Township built in 1883 by Nicholas D. Miller. A barn can tell a story almost as much as a house can!

05/17/2021

Barbara Brutchey and her husband, Solomon, were paupers living at the Adams County Alms House in the 1850s when she suffered a life-threatening accident...

"Barbara Bruchy (sic) was palsied for twenty years, and was almost entirely helpless. Being left alone by her husband on the 3d of December 1859, her clothes took fire, and before relief came she was so badly burned as to cause her death in 20 hours." Her husband died a month later.

(Note: The ages on the tombstones don't match the ages in the mortality schedule, or in other census records. This is a common occurrence. In some instances people didn't know the year they were born...in other instances the error is made by the census taker.)