Results tagged “Schultz House” from York Town Square

This 2004 aerial view of the undeveloped Camp Security site shows the encroachment of development on every side. Friends of Camp Security and other groups are trying to raise support for site preservation. Background posts: Camp Security memories tucked inside memoir and Story revives memories of oft-forgotten York County POW camp in World War II and York-area developer: 'I think we have gone way above and beyond to preserve Camp Security'.

The public will get a rare opportunity to view artifacts Saturday (6/27/09) from a past archaeological dig at Camp Security, the Revolutionary War POW camp site that might be covered over with houses.

A limited dig in 1979 uncovered pottery shards, buttons and gold coins... .

Historic York is offering a tour of Springettsbury Township's Johannes and Cristina Schultz House and surrounding buildings. The event is set for 5 p.m. (reception) and 6 p.m. (program), Thursday, May 15. Local author and blogger Scott Butcher will present on "Historic Properties: The Ultimate Green Buildings." To register, contact cjones@historicyork.org. (For five additional photos of this historic structure, see below.) Background posts: Old Schultz House might be younger than its datestone, Old house boasts all kinds of historic hooks and Virtual York provides colorful portrait of York, Pa.'s past.

At a recent event of the Schultz House, some astute folks started looking for the long-reported gun holes in the walls of the old house. The notion that has been out there for years is that settlers would use the holes in case American Indians attacked the mid-1700s vintage house... .

Historic York's Karen Arnold shows the barn near the old house built by Johannes and Christina Schultz in present-day Springettsbury Township. Research shows that the house might have been built as many as 20 years before its datestone, previously commonly used to date the structure. The house stood near Camp Security, a prisoner of war camp where British soldiers were detained in the American Revolution. Background post: , Old house boasts all kinds of historic hooks and Change flattens Stony Brook's drive-in, humpback bridge.

Now that the historic Schultz House is out of private hands, researchers have a straighter shot at understanding it more.

A archaeological dig is set for later this year.

And the date of the house's actual construction is under revision... .

On the York County history trail ...

In a visit near the Springettsbury Township site earlier this year, the green field with a rise to its rear just sparkled.

But the site features another point of interest. I stood near the Schultz house, a multi-story structure that is one of the oldest in York County and certain to be part of any park if preservationists prevail versus the developer.

Its history ran through my mind: ...