- Location
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Offices
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Client
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National Park Service
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Gettysburg National Military Park
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Awards
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Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award, Restoration, Preservation, 2022
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Palladio Award for Renovation and Restoration, Traditional Building, 2022
- Location
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Offices
- Client
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- National Park Service
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Awards
- Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award, Restoration, Preservation, 2022
- Palladio Award for Renovation and Restoration, Traditional Building, 2022
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Warfield House - Site and Paving Improvements
During the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, a two-room farmhouse stood in an open field between the Confederate and Union armies. James Warfield, an African American blacksmith, owned the home, but when Confederate troops approached, he and his family fled, fearing capture. When the battle ended, the Warfields returned to find their home severely damaged. Though small in size, it became rich in history and remains a contributing structure to Gettysburg’s battle-era landscape.
Over the next 140 years, the stone house remained privately owned and underwent significant alterations, compromising its historic details and materials. After acquiring the property, the National Park Service turned to our team to evaluate the surviving historic fabric and restore the exterior to its original appearance.
Adopting a “de-modernization” approach, we removed the building’s contemporary additions and restored its original look and feel. With no original drawings, our team became detectives, studying physical clues and referencing historic photographs and documentation of similar stone farmhouses that survived in Gettysburg. By literally peeling away layers of the building, we uncovered its architectural heritage and the surviving 19th-century construction. We developed the overall design intent and critical structural detailing, while NPS performed the reconstruction efforts in-house with their own personnel.
- Location
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Offices
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Client
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National Park Service
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Gettysburg National Military Park
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-
Awards
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Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award, Restoration, Preservation, 2022
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-
Palladio Award for Renovation and Restoration, Traditional Building, 2022
- Location
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
- Offices
- Client
-
- National Park Service
- Gettysburg National Military Park
- Awards
- Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Award, Restoration, Preservation, 2022
- Palladio Award for Renovation and Restoration, Traditional Building, 2022