{"nrhp_refnum":"75000155","name":"Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District","other_names":["Battle of Gettysburg Battlefield","Gettysburg Campaign,Civil W"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Town of Gettysburg and its environs","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gettysburg and vicinity","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.83587859700003,"lon":-77.23171115499997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-03-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Agriculture","Conservation","Military","Transportation","Education","Architecture","Religion"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large National Register historic district centered on the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) in and around Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, including the Gettysburg National Military Park, Eisenhower National Historic Site land, part of the Borough of Gettysburg, and surrounding townships. It is a battlefield landscape with farms, houses, monuments, roads and earthworks rather than a single building.","why_significant":"The nomination treats the district as the site and scene of the Battle of Gettysburg, preserving its terrain, ridges, streams, and the battle-related structures such as farms used as hospitals, the Railroad Cut, Oak Hill, and the Peace Light Memorial. It also notes that many of the town's 1863 buildings survive and that much of the district retains open or forested land, supporting its integrity as a battlefield.","narrative":"Gettysburg, in Adams County, Pennsylvania, is the setting of a battlefield district covering the ground fought over on July 1, 2 and 3, 1863. The district takes in the Gettysburg National Military Park, land proposed for Eisenhower National Historic Site, part of the Borough of Gettysburg, and surrounding parts of Cumberland, Straban, Mount Joy and Mount Pleasant townships, together with the East Cavalry Field where the cavalry battle of July 3 took place. Its significance lies in the intact terrain: ridges such as McPherson Ridge and Oak Ridge, Willoughby Run and Rock Creek, and the Railroad Cut where Davis' Brigade was trapped. Within the district are farms and houses used as Civil War hospitals, the Peace Light Memorial on Oak Hill, and the Gettysburg National Cemetery, site of Lincoln's address on November 19, 1863. About 366 Borough buildings predated the battle, and many still stand, including the Adams County Court House of 1858.","period_of_significance":"July 1-3, 1863","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The document describes many properties as existing, ruins, or sites, and proposes some for acquisition or restoration; it does not state a single current condition for the district.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:31.12559-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75000155.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000155/661295a2ba-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000155/661295a2ba-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gettysburg_mon_111th_NY_Inf.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gettysburg_mon_111th_NY_Inf.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000642","name":"Gettysburg National Military Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/gettysburg-national-military-park-66000642/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995645","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Battlefield_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5554748"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/gettysburg-battlefield-historic-district-75000155/"}