{"id":29,"date":"2012-10-22T18:59:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-22T18:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/ciis\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2015-08-07T14:15:12","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T14:15:12","slug":"farmhouse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/farmhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>The building sometimes referred to as the \u201cGarrison Commander\u2019s house\u201d (Garrison Commander Ty McPhillips lived there), and by others as the \u201cChaplain\u2019s house\u201d (Post Chaplain Philip Mahalic lived there), is most commonly referred to as the \u201cOld Farmhouse\u201d at Carlisle Barracks.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0It was built between 1853 and 1856, most likely by a man named Daniel B. Kieffer.\u00a0 The original 109 acre farm encompassed most of the current Carlisle Barracks.\u00a0 Before the Battle at Gettysburg the farmhouse served as lodging for Confederate soldiers.\u00a0 In 1887 the farmhouse and property were acquired by Pratt for the purpose of educating the students of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School about agriculture.\u00a0 In a statement related to the justification for the purchase of the farmhouse he stated that \u201cmore than half of our boys will eventually find in agriculture their life work\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 From 1887 until 1918 the Carlisle Indian Industrial School utilized the farm as a center for education and food production. Recent debates about the historical significance of the farm have been ongoing.\u00a0 When the U.S. Army War College decided to demolish the building after investigations determined the farmhouse had only \u201cminor associations with the Carlisle Indian Industrial School\u201d, protest from individuals and Native Rights Groups ensued.\u00a0 At present, demolition of the farmhouse is suspended indefinitely while the War College launches another investigation into the historical significance of the farmhouse.<\/p>\n

Information regarding the farmhouse can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0 If you are interesting in working with the Carlisle Farmhouse Friends you can connect with them on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The building sometimes referred to as the \u201cGarrison Commander\u2019s house\u201d (Garrison Commander Ty McPhillips lived there), and by others as the \u201cChaplain\u2019s house\u201d (Post Chaplain Philip Mahalic lived there), is most commonly referred to as the \u201cOld Farmhouse\u201d at Carlisle … Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlisleindianschoolsymposium\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}