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There have been two builders of the log house on the Kummli farm. The first was Jacob Hittle, the Revolutionary War veteran who first built the house as a tavern in 1790, and the second Alfred Kummli, who marked each log and moved it log by log to its present location just a few years ago.
After the Revoluation, Jacob Hittle, a son of a German immigrant, settled by the stream, now call Hittle’s Run, to establish a mill and tavern. Although, Jacob had several children, it is thought that non remained in the area and the property passed our of the family’s hands.
During the Civil War, it was the home, and most likely the shop of sa seamstress. When Mr. Kummli took the house apart, he found a small ledger and several thimbles that had fallen through the cracks. Mr. Kummli found other things; and old arrowhead, hand made nails, and marbles. He had kept these artifacts with the old house. Mr. Kummli judges that the house was built in 1790 as no horsehair was used in the mortar between the logs; after that time horsehair was used.
Every possible part of the original house has been preserved and used. When the main beam was
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