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The 1883 Gettysburg Cyclorama (which was made in conjunction with William H. Tipton photographs) has a painted image of the house. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] The last inhabitant was Ernest Strickhouser in 1940, [ 13 ] c. 1950 the 2-story farm house was demolished, and a 1-story reproduction of the Civil War structure was built.
Built in 1862, this historic structure is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, T-shaped,brick dwelling that was designed in the Gothic Revival style. It sits on a granite foundation, has a cross gable roof, and features an ornamental fascia board and porches with ornamental balustrades.
The stone house on the road's west side (#921 Taneytown Rd), and the farm's barn was on the opposite side of the road (#920) until it burned in 1967. [5] In 1916, the home was the site of an accidental shooting of the local blacksmith's daughter, aged 12, [ 6 ] who survived with the cranial bullet [ 7 ] and became the Round Top schoolmarm .
Mary Virginia Wade (May 21, 1843 – July 3, 1863), also known as Jennie Wade or Ginnie Wade, [1] was a resident of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania during the Battle of Gettysburg. At the age of 20, she was the only direct civilian casualty of the battle, [ 2 ] when she was killed by a stray bullet on July 3, 1863.
**The 1831 [35] Shultz House at "4 West Confederate Avenue" was a differing "OAKRIDGE" property built as Herman Haupt's residence, [4] and sold by Haupt in 1852. [36] The Shultz family occupied the residence at the time of the battle (cf. Sheads and pupils at the Oakridge school), and the Shultz House was for sale in 1869 [ 37 ] -70 by Cornelia ...
The Jason Russell House is a historic house in Arlington, Massachusetts, where at least twenty-one colonial combatants died [1] fighting on the first day of the American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 (the Battles of Lexington and Concord). The house was purchased in 1923 by the Arlington Historical Society which restored it in 1926 and now ...
Airstream Clipper (1936) Lightweight, durable, and easy to shape, aluminum transformed manufacturing in the first decades of the 20th century. Always interested in new ways of doing things, Byam ...
The Eternal Light Peace Memorial was unveiled at the 1938 Gettysburg reunion.. Historical events regarding the district's registered/documented properties include the famous 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and Gettysburg Address, and the subsequent Gettysburg Battlefield memorial development, historic commemorations, and addition of visitor services during the subsequent administrative eras.