Mold Remediation in Littlestown, PA

Old Town, New Town, Same Fungus

Littlestown is two towns. The original one is the 48 lots Klein laid out along what’s now East and West King Street, and the blocks that grew from it through the 1800s. Fieldstone cellars, plaster walls, and plumbing that’s been replaced three times but not always well. When one of these calls us, the basement is usually the story: ground moisture wicking through stone, condensation on the north wall in July, and a hundred years of stored belongings absorbing all of it.

The other Littlestown is the subdivisions that ring the borough, built mostly from the 1990s on. These houses don’t have stone problems. They have sump pumps, bath fans that end in the attic, and supply lines behind the dishwasher. We get a lot of “we pulled out the old dishwasher and the floor underneath was black.”

The Maryland Line

Littlestown sits a couple of miles from the state line, and plenty of people who call us from a 17340 address actually live just past it. We take those calls. Inspection and remediation are the same job on both sides. The difference is that repairs after the job, like patching drywall and painting, need a Maryland contractor license, so on that side of the line we handle the mold and drying and say so plainly before we start. The Taneytown page spells it out.

What We Check in Littlestown Homes

In the old borough: the foundation walls with a moisture meter, the grading at the sidewalk side where there’s often no place for water to go, the sump if there is one, and the attic, because a lot of these houses got insulation added in the 70s and 80s without adding ventilation.

In the newer neighborhoods: the plumbing under every sink, the water heater pan, the sump pump and its discharge, and every bath fan duct traced to its actual end.

Everywhere: relative humidity in the basement, the main floor, and the attic, read separately.

How the Job Goes

Once the moisture source is found, it’s the same process on every job: containment, negative air, remove what’s grown on, HEPA-clean and treat the framing, dry to standard, verify, then patch and paint. The mold removal page walks through it step by step, and the basement mold removal page covers the stone-cellar version in detail.

If the problem is water on the floor right now, from a frozen pipe or a failed sump, the clock is running. Wet materials start growing mold in 24 to 48 hours. Water damage and structural drying comes first, and it’s a 20-minute drive down the Baltimore Pike.

For a musty smell you can’t trace, or a home inspection that flagged staining, start with a mold inspection and air quality test. Attic staining on the sheathing gets its own page at attic mold. And the Gettysburg mold remediation company on the other end of the phone is described on its own page.

Streets and Corners We Know in Littlestown

The middle of Littlestown is where South Queen Street, which is PA 97, crosses East King Street, which is PA 194. The History Plaza sits on that corner at 1 South Queen. Klein’s 48 original lots ran along King Street, and the Littlestown-Gettysburg Turnpike, finished in 1809, tied the town to the county seat.

The old blocks. The borough’s own history shows what kind of houses we’re talking about. The railroad arrived in 1857, the population went from 702 in 1860 to 913 in 1880, and the first brick school went up in 1872. The Barker House hotel was built in 1848 at King and Queen, and the Community Center building dates to 1901. The borough history reports 316 East King Street as the oldest house in town. Churches here go back to 1747 for Christ Church, 1763 for St. John’s Lutheran, and 1790 for St. Aloysius. Electricity came in 1897 and natural gas in 1933. Sewer service didn’t come until a WPA project in 1941, so on the oldest blocks we scope the drain lines too.

North Queen and the edges. North Queen Street is where the library sits, at 232 North Queen, and where the Dollar General is at 410 North Queen near Windsor Street. Carroll Street, Apple Grove Lane, Prince Street, and Newark Street are all in that part of town.

The townships. Germany Township was settled in 1733 and grew 19% between 2000 and 2010. The township office is at 136 Ulricktown Road. Union Township was settled in 1735 and covers 17.58 square miles. PA 97 runs through Germany Township toward Gettysburg, 9 miles up the road, and toward Westminster, Maryland, 12 miles the other way. PA 194 heads south toward Taneytown.

Schools, Parks, and Landmarks Around Littlestown

Schools. Littlestown Senior High was built in 1962. Maple Avenue Middle School began in 1932 as the Maple Avenue Junior-Senior High School. Alloway Creek Elementary opened in 2006 and was expanded in 2017. The Littlestown Area School District formed in 1948 and covers about 50 square miles, including Union Township, Germany Township, and parts of Mount Pleasant, Mount Joy, and Bonneauville.

Parks. Littlestown Community Park is at 151 East Lakeview Drive. It covers 22 acres and reopened in June 2024 with five pavilions, a 1.5-mile trail, and tennis, basketball, and pickleball courts.

Water. Alloway Creek runs 13.5 miles from Pennsylvania to the Monocacy River at Palmer, Maryland.

Hospital. The closest is WellSpan Gettysburg Hospital at 147 Gettys Street.

Old buildings. The Barker House hosted Union cavalry officers in late June 1863, and General Sickles was brought there after he was wounded. The Barker Hotel and the United Brethren Church were turned into hospitals. The closest National Register listings are the Pleasant Grove School at 4084 Baltimore Pike and the Spangler-Benner Farm on Benner Road, both in Mount Joy Township.

Neighborhoods and Areas Around Littlestown

• The original 1760 town along East and West King Street
• The newer subdivisions that ring the borough
• Germany Township, which borders the borough on the west and south
• Homes along PA 97, the Baltimore Pike, toward Gettysburg
• The farms and homes south toward the Maryland line and Taneytown

Things to Do in Littlestown

Crouse Park

The borough park with a pavilion and the town seal.

Littlestown Community Park

The borough’s second park.

Top Sites in Littlestown

King Street and the 1760 Town Plan

Peter Klein got the land patent in 1760, and the town was laid out in 1765. German settlers called it Kleine Stedtle, and it became Littlestown in 1795.

Gettysburg National Military Park

About 9 miles northwest up PA 97.