Cyclorama Building | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Modernist (Mission 66) |
Location | Zeigler's Grove |
Address | 125 Taneytown Road[1] Gettysburg Battlefield |
Town or city | Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 39°48′56.8″N 77°14′2.9″W / 39.815778°N 77.234139°W |
Construction started | 1958 |
Completed | 1962[2] |
Inaugurated | November 19, 1962 |
Demolished | March 8–9, 2013 |
Cost | $687,349 |
Owner | Gettysburg National Military Park |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Richard Neutra |
Main contractor | Orndorff Construction Company, Inc. |
The Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg was a historic modernist concrete and glass Mission 66 building dedicated November 19, 1962[3] by the National Park Service (NPS) to serve as a Gettysburg Battlefield visitor center, to exhibit the 1883 Paul Philippoteaux Battle of Gettysburg cyclorama and other artifacts, and to provide an observation deck (replacing the 1896 Zeigler's Grove observation tower[4]). The building was demolished in 2013.
The Keeper determined that the [Cyclorama Building] property, built between 1958 and 1962, is exceptionally significant