Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse

Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse
historic district contributing structure
The gatehouse is a landmark of the battle along the Baltimore Pike and near defensive excavations (lunettes).
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Adams
District Historic district 75000155
Gettysburg Battlefield
Landform Cemetery Hill
Location road beneath archway
 - elevation 610 ft (186 m) [1]
 - coordinates
Architect Stephen Decatur Button [2]
Style Italianate memorial arch
Material brick
Built 1855 [2]
 - Masons George & Henry Chritzman [2]
 - Cost $1,025 [2]

The Evergreen Cemetery gatehouse was the Battle of Gettysburg headquarters of General Oliver Howard[3] and was damaged by nearby military engagements on East Cemetery Hill (the Gettysburg Railroad Station's telegraph was moved to near the gatehouse). The gatehouse's 2 brick towers support a memorial arch, and the structure was repaired in 1885 when an attached lodge was built.[4]

External images
1863 illustration (Consecration
2005 photograph
Panoramic image

References

  1. ^ "X_Value=-77.229346&Y_Value=39.820764". USGS Elevation Web Service Query. United States Geological Survey. http://gisdata.usgs.gov/xmlwebservices2/elevation_service.asmx/getElevation?X_Value=-77.229346&Y_Value=39.820764&Elevation_Units=FEET&Source_Layer=-1&Elevation_Only=FALSE. Retrieved 2011-07-16. 
  2. ^ a b c d Kennell, Brian A. "Gatehouse Miniatures". EvergreenCemetery.org. http://www.evergreencemetery.org/collect2.htm. Retrieved 2011-10-12. 
  3. ^ "Gen. Howard's Best Supper: Back to Gettysburg to Thank Mrs. Thorn 39 Years Later" (Google News Archive). Easton Daily Free Press. September 25, 1902. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BvVXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FUUNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6244,20107&dq=evergreen-cemetery-house&hl=en. Retrieved 2011-10-12. "meal was eaten rather late on the night of July 1st, in the Evergreen Cemetery house,… which was the headquarters of General Howard from the evening of the first day's battle until the close, and was partaken of by…General Howard,…General Sickles and…General Slocum." 
  4. ^ "Cemetery" (Google News Archive). Gettysburg Compiler. June 30, 1885. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=OFQmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JgAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=560%2C3115694. Retrieved 2011-07016. "Dr. J. A. Swope, in his report as President of Evergreen Cemetery Association… The gateway is to be thorougly repaired and a brick lodge built for the keeper and family. … The 20th Connecticut monument, made by Curtis & Hughes, of Stratford… "Orr Station."--The track on the "Tapeworm" Railroad has been laid as far as Orr Station … IMPROVEMENTS … W. I. Oyler & Bro. have had masons at work rebuilding the stone work of the siding at their coal yard."