Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District

For the smaller area of military engagements, see Gettysburg Battlefield.
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
Memorial on the Gettysburg Battlefield to the 111th New York Infantry, February 2012
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District is located in Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District is located in the United States
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
LocationAdams County, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°48′59″N 77°13′49″W / 39.81639°N 77.23028°W / 39.81639; -77.23028
Area~11,000 acres (4,500 ha)[2]
Architectural styleColonial (1776 tavern),

Neoclassical (1797 hotel),
Vernacular (1815 academy)[3]
Federal (1815 house),
Greek Revival (1837 "edifice"),
Italianate (1855 gatehouse),[4]
Gothic Revival (1862 home),
Queen Anne (1883 house)
Romanesque (1889 hall),
Castellated tower (1889 monument)
Box truss (1895 observatory
Beaux-Arts (1906 bank)[3]
Parkitecture (1933 station),[5][6]: '33 
Art deco (1938 armory)

Modernist (1962 museum)
MPSBattle of Gettysburg MPS
NRHP reference No.75000155[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 19, 1975

The Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District is a district of contributing properties and over 1000 historic contributing structures and 315 historic buildings, located in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 19, 1975.[7] Most of the contributing elements of the Gettysburg Battlefield are on the protected federal property within the smaller Gettysburg National Military Park.

Historic structures include the Battle of Gettysburg monuments and memorials. Historic buildings range from a 1776 Colonial tavern to a vacant 1962 Modernist museum (Demolished in 2013). Contributing structures include postbellum artifacts such as the 1895 Big Round Top Observation Tower Foundation Ruin, the 1893 Electric Trolley Bed, and the only remaining Tipton Boundary Marker.[8]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Cultural Landscapes Inventory: Professional Procedures Guide (PDF) (Report). NPS.gov. January 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-22. The approximately 11,000-acre Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District embraces the land area associated with the battle of Gettysburg. … In a more complex park, such as Gettysburg National Military Park, the CLI could identify the 3,965 acre park as the landscape
  3. ^ a b "Gettysburg Borough". LivingPlaces.com. Retrieved 2011-05-08. the Reuning House built as the Academy Building at 66 West High Street. It was built in 1813-15 for the Gettysburg Academy, but its architecture displays characteristics of the vernacular residential style … Adams County National Bank which was constructed in 1906. The structure is an excellent example of Beaux Arts Classicism
  4. ^ "Collector Items". EvergreenCemetery.org. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  5. ^ "New Comfort Station to be Built on Field" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Times. May 5, 1933. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
  6. ^ Gettysburg National Military Park Commission. "An Introduction to the Annual Reports of the Gettysburg National Military Park Commission to the Secretary of War". The Gettysburg Commission Reports. Gettysburg, PA: War Department.
  7. ^ Harrison, Thomas J. (February 1974). "NRHP Registration Form: Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System for Pennsylvania.
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