Gettysburg, PA
COMPLETED
2019
CLIENT
The Gettysburg Foundation
SERVICES
Architecture, Historic Preservation, Structural Engineering
SIZE
90 acres
4 buildings
Winner of a 2020 Preservation Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award
The George Spangler Farmstead, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is located within the boundary of the Gettysburg National Military Park and served as a Union artillery staging area, corps hospital, and burial ground during the Battle of Gettysburg. Today, the 80-acre farmstead is maintained by the Gettysburg Foundation. Four buildings with great historical integrity remain, including the farmhouse, barn, summer kitchen and a smokehouse.
We Listen
The Gettysburg Foundation aimed to explore opportunities to use the grounds as a living history museum and to place a training center on the property. To prepare for those additions, Warehaus worked with Keystone Preservation, Inc., to develop a comprehensive Historic Structures Report for the site, which included extensive research documenting the history of the farm and the role it played during the Battle of Gettysburg.
We Design
Physical investigations and selective demolition helped to determine the farm’s appearance during 1863. The significance, integrity, character- defining features, and existing conditions of each building on site were documented. Several options for re-use of the farmstead were explored, and a recommendation was made based on an evaluation of the farmstead’s history.
We Deliver
Warehaus partnered with the Gettysburg Foundation to restore the farm to its 1863 condition. The Barn, Summer Kitchen, and Smokehouse were meticulously restored for use in interpretive tours of the farmstead.
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