Historic Structures Report, Part I, Architectural Data: Meade's Headquarters
Souder NM. 1965. Historic Structures Report, Part I, Architectural Data: Meade's Headquarters. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
The Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the Civil War, the Union victory that ended General Robert E. Lee's second and most ambitious invasion of the North. Often referred to as the "High Water Mark of the Rebellion", Gettysburg was the Civil War's bloodiest battle and was also the inspiration for President Abraham Lincoln's immortal "Gettysburg Address". The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. This historic structures report provides architectural data for General Meade's Headquarters (also known as the Lydia Leister House) at Gettysburg. The events which took place in the house between the second and fifth of July, 1863, had a marked influence on the outcome of the Battle of Gettysburg, making this one of the most important buildings in the Park. The present condition of Meade's Headquarters is such that major rehabilitation is necessary.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Souder, Norman
- Date of Issue
- 1965-04
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- agriculture, Civil War, farm, General Meade, homestead, Leister House, Lydia Leister, restoration, vernacular architecture
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000457: Lydia Leister Farm House
Series
See also
- Historic Structure Report, Physical Fabric Section: Leister Barn
- Historic Structures Report, Part I: Meade's Headquarters Bake Oven
- Historic Structures Report, Part I: The Leister Farm Buildings (Meade's Headquarters)
- Historic Structures Report, Part I: The Leister Farm Buildings (Meade's Headquarters)
- Historic Structures Report, Part II: Meade's Headquarters
- Proposed Restoration of Meade's Headquarters