The Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania Part 4

Chambersburg Bank--Two-story brick building, stable, $8,000 Mrs. Gilmore--Two-story brick building and shops, 5,500 Jacob B. Miller--Two-story brick building, etc., 3,000 Dr. Richards--Two-story brick building, stable, 5,500 C. Burkhart--Three-story brick building, ice-house, stable, 4,500 J. M. Cooper--Three-story brick buildings, ("Valley Spirit"

office,) stone stable, etc., 15,000 James L. Black--Two-story brick building, stable, 5,000 Dr. J. Hamilton--Three-story brick building and stable, 7,000 John A. Grove--Frame shop, 250 Jacob Hutton--Three-story brick and two brick back buildings, 4,500 John McClintock--Two-story brick building, shop, etc., 3,500 Lewis Shoemaker--Two-story brick building, etc., 4,200 Samuel Greenawalt--Two-story brick buildings, 5,500 J. Allison Eyster--Two-story brick building, 5,000 J. Allison Eyster--Two-story brick building, 1,500 J. Allison Eyster--Three-story brick buildings, brick stable, 5,000 Wm. Heyser's heirs--Two story brick buildings, brick stable, 5,500 Rev. S. R. Fisher--Brick stable, 500 Geo. Lehner--Log stable, 400 George Ludwig--Two-story brick front and five back buildings, 7,000 C. F. Miller--Two-story brick building, &c., 4,500 Adam Wolff--Two-story frame and brick building, 1,200 John Forbes--Two-story building, &c., 2,000 John Dittman--Two-story brick building, 2,000 J. Deckelmayer--Two-story brick building and bakery, 3,000 Samuel Ott--Two two-story brick buildings, 4,000 B. Radebaugh--One-story frame shop, 150 Samuel Ott--One-story frame shop, 200 B. Radebaugh--Two-story brick front building, 600

East side Main, from Washington to Square.

F. Spahr--Two-story brick building, $2,500 Miss Hetrick--Two-story brick building, 1,500 John A. Lemaster--Two-story brick building, 2,500 Aug. Reineman--Two-story brick building, 1,500 Samuel M. Perry--Two-story brick front and back building, 2,000 David L. Taylor--Two-story log (weather-boarded) front and frame back buildings, 1,500 J. W. Taylor--Two-story brick building, stable, hay scales, (hotel), 7,000 George Ludwig--Two-story brick building, tin-shop, stable, 4,000 H. H. Hutz--Two-story brick building, stable, 6,500 D. Reisher--Two-and-a-half story brick building, bake-house, stable, 4,500 M. Kuss--Two-story brick building, stone stable, 2,500 I. Hutton--Two-story brick building, brick shop, stable, 4,000 John P. Culbertson--One-story frame shops, 800 Dr. J. Lambert--Two-story brick building, stable, 5,500 Mrs. R. Fisher--Two-story brick front building, 5,000 William Wallace (hotel)--Three-story brick building, 9,000 D. Reisher--Two-story brick buildings, stable, 6,000 J. A. Eyster (Nixon's drugstore)--Two-story brick building, &c., 4,500 James Eyster--Two-story brick building, brick stable, 4,500 Eyster & Bro.--Two-story stone and brick building, 5,500 Eyster & Bro.--Three-story brick warehouse, stable, 10,000 Brand & Flack--Two-story stone and brick building, warehouse, 6,500 A. J. White--Two-story stone and brick building, 4,500 Hiram White--Three-story brick front, and back building, (new), 7,500 John Jeffries--Two-story stone and brick building, &c., stable, 3,000 A. B. Hamilton--Two-story stone and brick buildings, stable, 6,000 Mansion House (German Reformed Publication House)--Three-story brick front and back building, livery stable, &c., 10,000 Academy--Large three-story brick, 4,000

Queen--South Side.

J. W. Reges--Two-story brick building, $3,000 W. Cunningham--Two-story brick building and granary, 3,000 John Mull--Two-story brick front and back building, 2,000 J. T. Hoskinson--Two-story brick building, 2,200 Jacob Flinder--Two-story frame building, 800 Jacob Flinder--Two-story frame building, stable, 700 W. Wallace--Two-story brick building, spring-house, &c., 4,000 Mrs. John Lindsay--Two-story brick building, 2,500 Barnard Wolff--Two two-story brick buildings, warehouse, shop, brick stable, &c., 7,500 J. Allison Eyster--Two-story brick building, 2,200 Mrs. Blood--Two-story brick and two back buildings, 1,800 Mrs. Clark--Two-story brick front and back building, 1,800 Mrs. R. Fisher--Two-story brick building, 2,000 Mrs. Sarah Stevenson--Two two-story brick buildings, 2,000 J. D. Grier--Two-story brick building, 4,500 Mrs. Susan Nixon--Two-story brick building, 1,800 Robert Davis--Two-story brick building, 2,000 John Cree--Two-story brick building, 2,500 Samuel Myers--Two-story brick front, two back buildings, 3,200 Mrs. Porter Thompson--Two-story log building, 600 Mrs. George S. Eyster--Two-story brick building, 2,500 Andrew Banker--Two-story log building and smoke-house, 1,500

Queen--North Side.

Huber & Co. (edge-tool factory)--Five brick and frame buildings, $3,500 Brick blacksmith shop, 600 "Bethel" (church)--brick, 3,000 G. Ludwig (brewery)--Two-story stone and brick building, &c., 8,000 Widow Grove (of William)--Two-story building, smoke-house, 1,500 Thos. Carlisle--Two-story brick, and one frame building, 3,000 Kindline's heirs--Two-story brick, two-story log and brick back buildings, 4,000 Widow Grove (of Alex.)--Two-story building, stable, 1,200 John Huber--Two-story brick building, stable, 3,000 Abraham Huber--Two-story brick, and frame stable, 2,000 H. Sierer--Two-story building, wareroom, stable, &c., 3,000 Thos. Carlisle--Two-story brick front, and back buildings, 2,500 W. Wallace--Three three-story brick buildings, brick stable, 8,000 N. Snyder--Two-story brick building, wash-houses, stable, 2,500 Dr. S. D. Culbertson--Two-and-a-half-story brick building, stable, 4,000 Mrs. Samuel Brand--roof slightly damaged.

J. P. Culbertson--Two-story brick building, stable, 4,500

Second Street.

P. Henry Peiffer--New two-story frame stable, $1,900 a.s.sociate Reformed Church--One-story brick building, 3,000 Benjamin Rhodes--Two-story log front and one-story brick back building, 1,200 J. Allison Eyster--One-story log shop, 100 Charles Croft--Log building and frame kitchen, 800 J. P. Keefer--Two-story brick building and kitchen, 1,500 John Reasner--One-story log bakery, 150 J. S. Brown--Roof and upper floor (hotel) 500 John Doebler--Two-story brick building, 2,000 Holmes Crawford--Two-story brick building, 3,000 S. F. Armstrong--Two-story brick building, stable, 4,000 Aug. Reineman--Three one-story frame shops, &c., 1,000

Franklin.

Martin Cole--Two-story brick and log buildings, $1,500 Philip Evans--Two-story brick building, 1,200

Wolfstown.

Dr. A. H. Senseny--Two one-story log buildings, $200 N. Uglow--Three one-story log buildings, 250

Water.

George Kindline--Brick wagonmaker and blacksmith shop, brick stable, $800

Alley.

Widow Palmer--Frame stable, $150 Nicholas Gerwig--Frame stable, 100 Henry Greenawalt--Brick stable, 300

King.

George Chambers--Three two-story brick buildings, $2,500 Upton Washabaugh--Two-story building, stone brewery, granary, brick stables, and shed, 8,000 C. Herman--Stone shop, dwelling, and stable, 800 A. K. McClure--House and barn ("Norland"), 9,500 Jacob Eby--Large brick barn, 2,500 Andrew McElwaine--House, 400

Recapitulation.

The following is the aggregate of buildings burned:

Residences and places of business, $278 Barns and stables, 98 Out-buildings of various kinds, 173 ---- Total buildings burned, 559

The aggregate valuation of the real estate, as made by a committee of upright and disinterested citizens, consisting of Messrs. Wm. McLellan, C. M. Burnet, Rev. Joseph Clark, D. K. Wunderlich, and John Armstrong, is $783,950. The loss in personal property greatly exceeds that of the real estate, but it is difficult, if not impossible, even to approach to anything like a satisfactory estimate.

In regard to the foregoing estimates of real property, I will merely add that they are low, generally speaking, very low. I say this, not because I find any fault with the judicious committee of gentlemen who made those estimates. I rather commend them for it; but for the purpose simply of mentioning the fact that the actual loss was much greater than the figures indicate. Thus, for instance, the Court-House is put down at $45,000, whereas an experienced builder has stated to me it could not be rebuilt for less than $80,000. The Mansion House (the printing establishment of the German Reformed Church), with a stone livery stable in the rear, is put down at $10,000, whereas $15,000 would not replace them as they were.

Colonel McClure's large and beautiful residence, with his s.p.a.cious model barn, are put down at $9,500, but they could not be restored for less than $20,000. The banking house is put down at $8,000, but not less than $20,000 would be required to replace it. And so with most of the buildings. A million dollars will not suffice to restore them, and twice as much more will not cover the losses of such personal property as money can replace.

Many heavy sufferers are among those who had no real property, and hence their names do not appear in the above list. Some of the large business shops were in the front rooms of houses belonging to other persons. Thus the Mansion House, besides containing the printing and binding establishments of the Reformed Church, was occupied by Shryock's large bookstore, Mr. Metcalf's dry goods store, dentists' rooms, saddler's shop, &c. In many instances there were two, three, and even four private families living in one house. Many families also, whose dwellings were not burned, were nevertheless very heavy sufferers, having been plundered and robbed of their most valuable articles of plate, jewelry, clothing, &c.

Hence it is perhaps not too much to say that the number of families who are sufferers is more than double the number of houses, as well as that the loss is double the amount in value, as compared with the loss of the houses enumerated in the list.

In conclusion permit me to add, that if our border is protected hereafter, and some reasonable a.s.surance is given to our people that incursions by the enemy will be rendered impossible, our town will be rebuilt--gradually, but surely. If, however, no such a.s.surance is given, and no effective aid for border defence is afforded; if our people are coolly told that the c.u.mberland Valley is to be "a trap in which to catch the rebels, and which must therefore be left open," then, alas! there will be no heart to remain and rebuild the town; but, imitating many of our disheartened farmers, our citizens will sell out their realty and leave, regretfully indeed; but rather than be in constant dread and apprehension, leave they will, and allow the ruins of their houses and hearths to remain behind them, seeking some more sheltered or sequestered spot, where they may live and die in "quietness and peace," though it be away from the graves of their fathers and their childhood's "sweet home."

Very sincerely yours,

B. S. S.

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