Historic Structures Report: McMillan House
Souder NM and Tilberg F. 1962. Historic Structures Report: McMillan House. 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 historic structure report concerns the McMillan House at Gettysburg. The existing house, due to a large addition in the early twentieth century, has been greatly-altered. The original house as shown on the accompanying photographs and sketch plans forms only a small part of the present structure. The old house has been further changed by recent alterations made by the present owners. Thus the house as it appeared in the historic period is almost completely hidden. It is recommended, in view of the radically altered exterior appearance of the house, that it should not be described as a historic house and that it should not be exhibited as a historical structure. If the owner is willing, on the basis of the structural evidence appearing in the photograph of the original house attached to the report, to remove the addition and thereby render possible a faithful restoration of both the exterior and interior appearance of the house, consideration would be given for exhibition as a historical structure.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Souder, Norman; Tilberg, Frederick
- Date of Issue
- 1962-01
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- adaptive reuse, agriculture, Civil War, David McMillan, farm, homestead, McMillan, restoration, vernacular architecture