{"nrhp_refnum":"91002010","name":"Wirts House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"798 Schrivers Corner Rd. (PA 394), Straban Township","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gettysburg","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.89604974000008,"lon":-77.19912916199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-01-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, side-gabled Federal-style dwelling of horizontal weatherboarded log/wood frame construction on a rubble stone foundation, located in semi-rural Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, on the north side of PA Route 394 near its junction with Good Intent Road.","why_significant":"The house is argued to contain a section dating to about 1765 and to have served for decades as a tavern stand on the colonial-era Black's Gap Road. It is considered relatively intact compared with many Adams County buildings surveyed in 1980, and its interior is described as largely retaining original features.","narrative":"Located in Straban Township near Gettysburg, the Wirts House is a two-story, side-gabled wood frame dwelling on a rubble stone foundation, with a Federal-style character. Its oldest section is thought to date from about 1765, when John McCarroll's settlement on the Black's Gap Road was established. Jacob Wirts bought the 283-acre property in 1786 and enlarged the house with a back building, and he operated a tavern there from 1787 until his death in 1805. Later additions around 1825 to 1830 gave the house its present L-shaped plan. Most of the interior is described as original. Its significance rests on its architecture, including the building's log and frame construction, its symmetrical three-bay front, and its surviving historic features, which make it relatively intact among surveyed Straban Township buildings.","period_of_significance":"Ca. 1765 - ca. 1830","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Dwelling with modern porches and chimney added in 1988; the document does not state its current use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.252499-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91002010.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91002010/2e550f00a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91002010/2e550f00a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wirts_AdamsCo_PA_798.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:Wirts_AdamsCo_PA_798.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995647","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirts_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8027035"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/wirts-house-91002010/"}