Historic Structures Report, Part I: Meade's Headquarters Bake Oven

Tilberg F. 1960. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Meade's Headquarters Bake Oven. 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 structure report concerns the Leister Farm (Meade's Headquarters) Bake Oven at Gettysburg. The report finds that there is insufficient evidence to reconstruct in any great degree of accuracy the original Leister (Meade's Headquarters) bake oven. It is believed, however, that there is ample evidence to reconstruct a reasonably accurate oven and exterior structure. It is suggested that the restored bake oven consist of' a random stone base, brick oven with mortar covering, frame siding and roof.

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Published Report
Authors
Tilberg, Frederick
Date of Issue
1960-06-24
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
GETT , NER
Keywords
agriculture, bake oven, bake-oven, Civil War, farm, General Meade, homestead, Leister House, Lydia Leister, restoration, vernacular architecture
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 081255: Leister Boundary Stone Wall , CRIS-HS: 000458: Lydia Leister Farm Barn , CRIS-HS: 081357: Lydia Leister Farm Boundary Fence , CRIS-HS: 081276: Lydia Leister Farm Field Stone Wall , CRIS-HS: 000457: Lydia Leister Farm House , CRIS-HS: 081254: Lydia Leister Farm Yard Fence

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