DRAFT Historic Structure Assessment Report: Samuel Mumma Farm, Volume 1 - Mumma Farm House, Volume 2 - Mumma Farm Outbuildings, Antietam National Battlefielda

Vitanza TA and Williamsport Preservation Training Center. 1990. DRAFT Historic Structure Assessment Report: Samuel Mumma Farm, Volume 1 - Mumma Farm House, Volume 2 - Mumma Farm Outbuildings, Antietam National Battlefielda. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Williamsport, Maryland

The Mumma Farm was established in the early 1790s and was purchased by Jacob Mumma in 1796. His descendant Samuel Mumma owned the farm on September 17, 1862, when Confederate toops burned the house, barn, and springhouse to prevent their use by Federal sharpshooters. This farm was the only civilian property intentionally destroyed during the battle at Antietam. The house and barn were rebuilt after the 1862 fire. Other ancillary structures were added since that time to accommodate the farming operation. The National Park Service acquired the Mumma Farm in 1961. In 1989, Antietam National Battlefield began discussions with Williamsport Preservation Training Center to conduct field investigations and prepare a Physical History and Analysis Report for several of the structures on the farm. The buildings were divided into four groups based on their relative significance according to the List of Classified Structures and the National Register Nomination. The degree of investigation and analysis of any structure varies depending on its placement in one of these groups. The work documented in this report consisted of architectural and structural investigations, condition assessments, and fabric analyses as required to complete the Scope of Work as outlined in the Task Directive. The Task Directive is included here preceding Volumes 1 and 2. The draft Historic Structure Assessment Reports are completed for the post-1863 historic period structures and post-1863 non-historic structures. In addition to field data for outbuildings, the assessment report component for the house is included. The data informs the Recommended Treatment/Proposed Scope of Work for both stabilization and adaptive use of the house. The work included in this task directive does not include an Administrative Data section nor a Historic Data section, both of which are required along with the Physical History and Analysis section for a complete Historic Structure Report.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Vitanza, Thomas; Williamsport Preservation Training Center
Date of Issue
1990
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
ANTI , NCR
Keywords
assessment report, battle, Civil War, documentation, farmstead, field investigation, HABS, ICAP, Italianate, outbuildings, Preservation Training Center, recommended treatment, relative significance, Samuel Mumma, stabilization
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 008050: Mumma, Samuel, Farm; Barn , CRIS-HS: 008045: Mumma, Samuel, Farm; House , CRIS-HS: 008049: Mumma, Samuel, Farm; Smokehouse

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