Historic Structures Report, Part I: Weikert Barn
1959. Historic Structures Report, Part I: Weikert Barn. 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 G. Weikert Farm buildings, located on the southern part of Cemetery Ridge, about one half mile north of Little Round Top. General Daniel E. Sickles' entire corps was encamped on this farm from midnight of July 1 to noon of July 2. In general, the structure is in a reasonably good state of repair, except that the present metal roof is in poor condition. It is recommended that the present galvanized iron roof be replaced with hand-split shakes to give a more rustic rural look in keeping with the historic period and interpretation purpose.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1959-04
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- adaptive reuse, agriculture, barn, Civil War, farm, homestead, restoration, vernacular architecture, Weikert
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000477: George Weikert Farm Barn