{"nrhp_refnum":"76001592","name":"Sheads House","other_names":["Oak Ridge Seminary","See Also:Gettysburg Battlefield and Histo"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"331 Buford Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gettysburg","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.83417727400007,"lon":-77.24284326499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1976-12-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Sheads House is a two and one-half story brick Gothic Revival house in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, built in 1862. It has a T-shaped plan with a cross-gable roof and sits on a native granite foundation.","why_significant":"The house is associated with the Sheads family, whose four sons served in the Union Army and several family members died during the Civil War. It was documented as lying in the area of the first day's fighting of the Battle of Gettysburg and was used as a hospital for Confederate wounded. Architecturally, the nomination argues it is the only Gothic Revival house in Gettysburg battlefield park and that its central chimney and largely unaltered exterior set it apart from the typical rural farmhouses there.","narrative":"Built of brick in 1862 in Gettysburg, the Sheads House is a two and one-half story Gothic Revival residence with a T-shaped plan, cross-gable roof, granite foundation and an interior central chimney. Shortly after construction it served as Oak Ridge Seminary, a girls' school run to supplement the family income. The house lay near the opening of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, passing from Union to Confederate control, and was used as a hospital for Confederate wounded. The Sheads family lost four sons in the Civil War. The house is regarded as the only Gothic Revival house within Gettysburg battlefield park, and its ornamental fascia board, porches with balustrades, and central chimney in a cross-gable dwelling distinguish it from the area's typical farmhouses. Few major exterior changes have been made apart from four dormers and paneled and louvered shutters.","period_of_significance":"March 1862","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.4444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/76001592.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001592/1a7af36f16-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/76001592/1a7af36f16-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheads_Gburg.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheads_Gburg.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/71995649","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheads_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7492155"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/sheads-house-76001592/"}