{"nrhp_refnum":"73001633","name":"Woodland","other_names":["Auman Farm"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"SW of St. Thomas on PA 416","address_restricted":false,"city":"St. Thomas","county":"Franklin County","state":"PA","lat":39.89417326000003,"lon":-77.83632783397903,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-09-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture","Agriculture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Woodland is a farmstead in St. Thomas, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, centered on a 2½ story random-course fieldstone house built in three sections, with a stone springhouse. The main house dates to about 1760 and is associated with William McDowell.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the property has served as a farming complex for over 200 years and that its main house is a fine example of a rural stone farmhouse enlarged over time without changing its style or building material. It also cites the family's Revolutionary War service and the house's use during the French and Indian War and the Civil War raid on Chambersburg.","narrative":"Woodland is a farmstead in St. Thomas, Franklin County, built around a 2½ story random-course fieldstone house. The first section was raised about 1760 by William McDowell, three bays across and two deep, with chimneys on each gable end and a moulded cornice. A second limestone section of similar form followed in 1790, built under Captain William McDowell, the son of the first builder. A frame section was added to the rear in 1907, and a two-story porch and a hip-roofed porch with Doric columns were added later. The property has been farmed for more than 200 years. Captain McDowell served in the Philadelphia and Yorktown campaigns and kept a journal of his two years under General Wayne. During the French and Indian War the residents fled several times, and during the Civil War Confederate forces took over the house during the raid on Chambersburg. The house is valued for its large, plain native limestone construction and for expanding without changing its style or material.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1760","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Original site; altered; interior restored; springhouse partially altered after 1910 and now single story with shed roof.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.117537-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/73001633.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001633/8c7493a74c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001633/8c7493a74c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"JERRYE &amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WOODLAND,_FRANKLIN_COUNTY,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">JERRYE &amp;amp; ROY KLOTZ, M.D.</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WOODLAND,_FRANKLIN_COUNTY,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998260","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland_(St._Thomas_Township,_Franklin_County,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8032807"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/franklin-county/woodland-73001633/"}