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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Gettysburg National Military Park Marker
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Structure Number:
| MN538
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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| No records. |
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Park:
| Gettysburg National Military Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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| No records. |
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Structure State:
| Pennsylvania
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Structure County:
| Adams
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Region:
| Northeast
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Cluster:
| Chesapeake
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Administrative Unit:
| Gettysburg National Military Park
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LCS ID:
| 009601
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 01/23/2004
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Contributing
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Short Significance Description:
| Similar marker to Corps & Div. markers, contracted to Bureau Bros for bronze casting, Van Amringe Granite for monolith. References Park's establishing law, acreage granted from GBMA, & names of Commissioners. Located at Hancock Av at Ziegler's Grove.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1908
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AD
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Monument (Marker, Plaque)
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Primary Current Use:
| Monument (Marker, Plaque)
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Outdoor Sculpture
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Superstructure
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Granite
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2.
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Substructure
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Granite
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3.
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Superstructure
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Bronze
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Short Physical Description:
| Monolithic rough-cut stone, 4'2"Lx2'4"Wx7'H w/ polished front face & attached bronze tablet, 3'6"x3'8".
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Long Physical Description:
| Bronze tablet attached to the polished face of a rough hewn granite monolith. Overall height is 7 feet. Designed by E. B. Cope. Located on Hancock Avenue at Ziegler's Grove.
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