Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg

Cyclorama Building
Cyclorama Building in Zeigler's Grove
Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg is located in Pennsylvania
Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg
General information
Architectural styleModernist (Mission 66)
LocationZeigler's Grove
Address125 Taneytown Road[1]
Gettysburg Battlefield
Town or cityGettysburg, Pennsylvania
CountryUnited States
Coordinates39°48′56.8″N 77°14′2.9″W / 39.815778°N 77.234139°W / 39.815778; -77.234139
Construction started1958
Completed1962[2]
InauguratedNovember 19, 1962
DemolishedMarch 8–9, 2013
Cost$687,349
OwnerGettysburg National Military Park
Design and construction
Architect(s)Richard Neutra
Main contractorOrndorff 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.

  1. ^ "Cyclorama Building, 125 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg vicinity, Adams, PA". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania: New Visitor Center & Museum Complex (Gettysburg National Military Park)". Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2010-11-19. Retrieved 2011-01-24. The Keeper determined that the [Cyclorama Building] property, built between 1958 and 1962, is exceptionally significant
  3. ^ Unrau, Harlan D (1991). administrative history, Gettysburg National Military Park (PDF) (Report). Denver, CO: National Park Service. OCLC 24228617. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  4. ^ "Steel Tower at Zeigler's Grove Razed". Gettysburg Times. July 25, 1961. Retrieved July 6, 2020.