Historic Structures Report: Klingle House and Klingle Farm Buildings
Coryell LB and Tilberg F. 1958. Historic Structures Report: Klingle House and Klingle Farm Buildings. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address". The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. This survey report concerns the Klingle Farm buildings at Gettysburg. Buildings comprising the Klingle Farm Group are situated on Emmitsburg Road approximately 600 yards north of the intersection of Wheatfield Road. The group contains seven structures, in addition to the house, that were constructed at various dates following the war. All buildings in the Klingle Farm Group are in generally good condition. In order to maintain the conditions as nearly as possible to a farm setting at the time of the battle, it is recommended that all buildings in the farm group be reroofed with hand-split shakes. It is suggested that this will give a more rustic look in keeping with construction of the period in the middle 1800s.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Coryell, L; Tilberg, Frederick
- Date of Issue
- 1958-12-11
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- agriculture, Civil War, farm, homestead, Klingel Farm, Klingel House, Klingle Farm, Klingle House, restoration, vernacular architecture