{"nrhp_refnum":"79002154","name":"Hunterstown Historic District","other_names":["See Also:Great Conewego Presbyterian Church"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"PA 394 and Granite Station Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hunterstown","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.88399102750006,"lon":-77.1597045209215,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Hunterstown Historic District encompasses most of the small town of Hunterstown in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, along Beaver Dam Creek on Route 394 and Granite Station Road. The town was platted by David Hunter in 1749 or 1750 under the name Woodstock and renamed Hunterstown in 1800.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the town is a fine example of an early post village that reached its greatest prosperity between the 1820s and 1850s. It cites the town's role in the French and Indian War, its civic and commercial life before the Civil War, and its involvement in the 1863 Gettysburg campaign, including a skirmish on July 2 and the use of the Great Conewago Church as a hospital afterward.","narrative":"Hunterstown is a small village in Straban Township, Adams County, laid out by David Hunter in 1749 or 1750 under the name Woodstock and renamed in 1800. Of the 53 main structures in the district, 49 lie within the original town perimeters, and many are shown on 1858 and 1872 maps, although most have been altered by additions, siding and new roofing. The Great Conewago Presbyterian Church, a fieldstone building with a 1787 datestone, is the most prominent structure. The village grew into a self-sustaining community with two churches, an academy, two chair factories, three stores and a tavern-hotel before the Civil War. Its residents were involved in the 1863 campaign, and a skirmish took place in the town on July 2 as Confederate forces withdrew toward Gettysburg. The district is regarded as a fine example of an early post village that reached its height from the 1820s to the 1850s.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.065652-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002154.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002154/a48033bb57-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002154/a48033bb57-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntertown_HD_PA_school.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huntertown_HD_PA_school.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995912","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunterstown_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5944826"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/hunterstown-historic-district-79002154/"}