Gettysburg College campus, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. County/parish: Adams.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 1972. NRIS 72001087.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Pennsylvania Hall (Penn Hall, Old Dorm) is the Gettysburg College central administrative building and the college's oldest building. Designed in 1835 by John Cresson Trautwine, it was built in 1838 as a "temple-style edifice with four columns in the portico".
During the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Pennsylvania Hall was used as a hospital for wounded troops of the Union and Confederate Armies. The building is also used for the convocation and commencement traditions of entering and departing the college via building.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995651