{"nrhp_refnum":"93000057","name":"Schultz, Martin, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"155 Emig St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hallam","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":40.00057351500004,"lon":-76.60880976799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-03-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story, banked, rectangular stone dwelling in Hallam, York County, Pennsylvania, built c. 1736 by Martin Schultz as a family home. It sits in a partially wooded lot within a modern development of ranch-style and split-level houses.","why_significant":"The house is described as a significant local example of early 18th century Germanic architecture, with a steeply pitched roof, vaulted cellar, double interior chimneys, half-timbered partitions, and small window openings. Its floor plan is presented as an unusual variation of the Continental (flurkuchenhaus) type, and it is regarded as one of the earliest recorded dwellings still standing in York County.","narrative":"Built around 1736 by Martin Schultz as a stone dwelling in the Kreutz Creek Valley, the house is a one-and-a-half story, banked structure of blue limestone with a steeply pitched roof and a central cellar. Its interior follows the Continental plan once common among German settlers in southeastern Pennsylvania, with a large walk-in kitchen fireplace, a smaller fireplace in the southeast room, and half-timbered partitions. The house is regarded as one of the first two stone dwellings built west of the Susquehanna River, a sign that its builders intended to settle permanently in the area. Original features include hand-wrought iron hinges, a vaulted cellar, and lehnstuhl roof trusses. In 1956 the house was restored to a single-family residence after a period as a two-family tenant farmhouse. It is considered an excellent local example of Germanic building traditions and one of the oldest surviving dwellings of its kind in York County.","period_of_significance":"1736-1790","architect_builder":"Martin Schultz (builder)","architectural_style":"Germanic vernacular (Continental house type)","criteria":["B","C"],"status_note":"Restored to a single-family residence in 1956; a noncontributing garage stands on the property.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.030862-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/93000057.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000057/ee8cc89873-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93000057/ee8cc89873-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Paul Galbreath","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Schultz_House.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Paul Galbreath</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Martin_Schultz_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995730","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Schultz_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/schultz-martin-house-93000057/"}