Historic Structures Report, Survey Report for Restoration and Rehabilitation: Wentz Buildings
1957. Historic Structures Report, Survey Report for Restoration and Rehabilitation: Wentz Buildings. 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 J. Wentz Farm buildings at Gettysburg, located in the northeast segment of the Emmitsburg Road and Wheatfield Road intersection. The area of the Peach Orchard and the Wentz buildings was the apex of a right angle battle line held by Major General Daniel Sickles' Third Army Corps. The report found that sufficient evidence for the restoration of the Wentz is not available. As the house and barn are in fair condition, but not of historic significance, they are to be improved to provide better living quarters.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1957-01-31
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- GETT , NER
- Keywords
- agriculture, barn, Civil War, farm, homestead, quarters, vernacular architecture, Wentz