Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex
The Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex is a national historic district that is located in Cumberland Township, Gettysburg, and Mount Joy Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
History and architectural features
This district includes eleven contributing buildings and thirteen contributing sites, on thirteen contiguous properties, including eight farmsteads and White's Church (or Marks German Reformed Church). The farmsteads are Schwartz Farm, Shaeffer Farm, Trostle Farm, Lewis Bushman Farm, Diener Farm, Conover Farm, Lightner Farm, and Beitler Farm. The properties served as hospitals during the American Civil War for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 12th corps of the Army of the Potomac in the weeks immediately following July 1863's Battle of Gettysburg.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Paula S. Reed and Thomas R. Lewis (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2011.
