Pennsylvania Hall, Gettysburg College | |
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| Location | Gettysburg College campus, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°50′6″N 77°14′5″W / 39.83500°N 77.23472°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1837 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001087[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 1972 |
Pennsylvania Hall (Penn Hall, Old Dorm) is the Gettysburg College central administrative building and the college's oldest building. Designed in 1835 by John Cresson Trautwine, it was built in 1838 as a "temple-style edifice with four columns in the portico".[2]
During the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Pennsylvania Hall was used as a hospital for wounded troops of the Union and Confederate Armies. The building is also used for the convocation and commencement traditions of entering and departing the college via building.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Gilchrist, Agnes Addison (1958). "A Trautwine Building Identified". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 17 (3): 32–33. doi:10.2307/987995. JSTOR 987995.
- ^ "Traditions". Commencement. Gettysburg.edu. Retrieved 2011-11-22.