George Trauger House in Millbrook Village, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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The George Trauger House is one of the original buildings at Millbrook Village, a recreation of a mid- to late-1800s farming village in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. The Traugers moved to Millbrook after the Civil War. What is now called the Trauger House was built around 1860, but weather it was ever owned or lived in by the Traugers is debatable. Research by relatives of the Spangenberg Family in 2016 found that the property on which the house now sits was owned by the Spangenbergs, and that the house was home to Andrew Spangenberg and his wife Julie Garis. While the Traugers did own property and a house in Millbrook Village, it most likely was not this house.
A Millbrook Village brochure from 1969 listed the house as that of Philip J. S. Garis, son of Abraham Garis, the man who built the grist mill at Millbrook in 1832. According to the Spangenberg’s research, Philip did not live in or own the house either.
George Trauger House in Millbrook Village, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Outbuildings at the rear of the George Trauger House in Millbrook Village, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
The barn behind the house was also built around 1860 and is said to have been that of George Trauger. It was recently renovated by the National Park Service.
Trauger Barn in Millbrook Village, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
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Last updated on January 31, 2024
