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Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District, the Glossary

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. Most of the contributing elements of the Gettysburg Battlefield are on the protected federal property within the smaller Gettysburg National Military Park.^[1]

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Adams County, Pennsylvania

Adams County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Adams County, Pennsylvania are Gettysburg Battlefield.

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American Battlefield Trust

The American Battlefield Trust is a charitable organization (501(c)(3)) whose primary focus is in the preservation of battlefields of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War, through the acquisition of battlefield land.

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American colonial architecture

American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States, including First Period English (late-medieval), Spanish Colonial, French Colonial, Dutch Colonial, and Georgian.

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Art Deco

Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg was a three-day battle in the American Civil War fought between Union and Confederate forces between July 1 and July 3, 1863, in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and battle of Gettysburg are Gettysburg Battlefield.

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Beaux-Arts architecture

Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century.

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Big Round Top

Big Round Top is a boulder-strewn hill notable as the topographic high point of the Gettysburg Battlefield and for 1863 American Civil War engagements for which Medals of Honor were awarded. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Big Round Top are Gettysburg Battlefield and Gettysburg National Military Park.

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Box truss

A box truss is a structure composed of three or more chords connected by transverse and/or diagonal structural elements.

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Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Carlisle is a borough in and the county seat of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Carlisle, Pennsylvania are Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.

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Contributing property

In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic district significant.

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Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg

The Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg was a historic modernist concrete and glass Mission 66 building dedicated November 19, 1962 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). Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and cyclorama Building at Gettysburg are Gettysburg Battlefield and historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania.

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David Wills (Gettysburg)

David Wills (February 3, 1831 – October 27, 1894) was the principal figure in the establishment of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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Dobbin House Tavern

The Dobbin House Tavern, known also as Dobbin House, on 89 Steinwehr Avenue in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is a tavern which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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East Berlin, Pennsylvania

East Berlin is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Emmitsburg Historic District

The Emmitsburg Historic District is a national historic district in Emmitsburg, Frederick County, Maryland.

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Engagement (military)

A military engagement is a combat between two forces, neither larger than a division nor smaller than a company, in which each has an assigned or perceived mission.

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Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania)

Evergreen Cemetery – formerly called Citizen's Cemetery and Ever Green Cemetery – is a historic 29.12 acre rural cemetery located just outside Gettysburg Borough, in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Evergreen Cemetery (Adams County, Pennsylvania) are Gettysburg Battlefield.

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Fairfield, Pennsylvania

Fairfield is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Fairfield, Pennsylvania are Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.

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Federal architecture

Federal-style architecture is the name for the classical architecture built in the United States following the American Revolution between 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815, which was influenced heavily by the works of Andrea Palladio with several innovations on Palladian architecture by Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries.

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Geomorphology

Geomorphology (from Ancient Greek:,, 'earth';,, 'form'; and,, 'study') is the scientific study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features generated by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near Earth's surface.

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Gettys-Black divide

The Gettys-Black divide is the primary drainage divide of Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania; extending from the mouth of Stevens Creek southward past Samuel Gettys' 1761 tavern ~7 miles to the mouth of Plum Run at the dam site for Robert Black's 1798 Mill.

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Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the afternoon of November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated Confederate forces in the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War's deadliest battle. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Gettysburg Address are Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.

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Gettysburg Armory

The Gettysburg Armory is a former National Guard armory which is located in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

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Gettysburg Battlefield

The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Gettysburg Battlefield are Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.

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Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association

The Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association (GBMA) was an historic preservation membership organization and is the eponym for the battlefield's memorial association era. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association are Gettysburg Battlefield.

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Gettysburg Electric Railway

The Gettysburg Electric Railway was a borough trolley that provided summer access to Gettysburg Battlefield visitor attractions such as military engagement areas, monuments, postbellum camps, and recreation areas (e.g., Wheat-field Park and the Pfeffer baseball diamond). Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Gettysburg Electric Railway are Gettysburg Battlefield.

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Gettysburg National Military Park

The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the Battle of Gettysburg, fought over three days between July 1 and July 3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Gettysburg National Military Park are American Civil War on the National Register of Historic Places, Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania, Gettysburg Battlefield, historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg is a borough in Pennsylvania and the county seat of Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Gettysburg, Pennsylvania are Gettysburg National Military Park.

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Gothic Revival architecture

Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century, mostly in England.

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Greek Revival architecture

Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, as well as in Greece itself following its independence in 1821.

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Hanover, Pennsylvania

Hanover is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Hanover, Pennsylvania are Pennsylvania in the American Civil War.

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Heritage Documentation Programs

Heritage Documentation Programs (HDP) is a division of the U.S. National Park Service (NPS) responsible for administering the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS).

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Hunterstown, Pennsylvania

Hunterstown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Straban Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Italianate architecture

The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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List of Gettysburg Battlefield observation towers

Gettysburg Battlefield observation decks may refer to the towers which are historic district contributing structures or other buildings used as observation platforms in the postbellum battlefield eras and during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.

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List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield

The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield are Gettysburg Battlefield.

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Mission 66

Mission 66 was a United States National Park Service ten-year program that was intended to dramatically expand Park Service visitor services by 1966, in time for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Park Service.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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National Park Service rustic

National Park Service rustic – sometimes colloquially called Parkitecture – is a style of architecture that developed in the early and middle 20th century in the United States National Park Service (NPS) through its efforts to create buildings that harmonized with the natural environment.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Hall (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania Hall (Old Dorm) is the Gettysburg College central administrative building and the college's oldest building. Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District and Pennsylvania Hall (Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) are historic American Buildings Survey in Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg

The Pennsylvania State Memorial is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War.

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Queen Anne style architecture in the United States

Queen Anne style architecture was one of a number of popular Victorian architectural styles that emerged in the United States during the period from roughly 1880 to 1910.

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Rail trail

A rail trail is a shared-use path on railway right of way.

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Richardsonian Romanesque

Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886).

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Rock Creek (Monocacy River tributary)

Rock Creek is an tributary of the Monocacy River in south-central Pennsylvania and serves as the border between Cumberland and Mount Joy townships.

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Samuel Gettys

Samuel Gettys (1725–15 March 1790) was a settler and tavern owner in south-central Pennsylvania during the late 1780s.

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Sheads House

The Sheads House, also known as Oak Ridge Seminary, is an historic, American home that is located in Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Shippensburg is a borough in Cumberland and Franklin counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Taneytown Historic District

Taneytown Historic District is a national historic district at Taneytown, Carroll County, Maryland, United States.

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The Gettysburg Times

The Gettysburg Times is an American newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania owned by the Sample News Group.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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United States Department of War

The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, also bearing responsibility for naval affairs until the establishment of the Navy Department in 1798, and for most land-based air forces until the creation of the Department of the Air Force on September 18, 1947.

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Vernacular architecture

Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Battlefield_Historic_District

Also known as Adams County properties associated with the Battle of Gettysburg MPS.

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Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District, the Glossary

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See also

Conflict sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Battlefield

Gettysburg National Military Park

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