Survey Report: Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Trostle House
Frederick T. 1956. Survey Report: Restoration and Rehabilitation of the Trostle 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 Abraham Trostle Farm buildings at Gettysburg, located 600 yards east of the Emmitsburg Road and approximately the same distance northeast of the Peach Orchard. It is proposed that the building continue to be used as a farm residence for the tenant farmer who leases the property from the government. In order to preserve the historic appearance of the Gettysburg Battlefield as farm land, it is necessary that the government furnish satisfactory residences for the tenant farmers. The proposed improvements to the interior building will bring the condition of the building up to a comparable standard with other farm buildings in the community.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Frederick, Tilberg
- Date of Issue
- 1956-10-17
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- adaptive reuse, agriculture, Civil War, farm, homestead, restoration, Trostel, Trostle, vernacular architecture