Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex

Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex
Location Baltimore Pike, Goulden Road, and White Church Road, near Mount Joy, Cumberland Township, Gettysburg, and Mount Joy Township, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°47′20″N 77°11′59″W / 39.78889°N 77.19972°W / 39.78889; -77.19972Coordinates: 39°47′20″N 77°11′59″W / 39.78889°N 77.19972°W / 39.78889; -77.19972
Area 550 acres (220 ha)
Built 1863
Architectural style Other, Pennsylvania Farmhouse
MPS Adams County properties associated with the Battle of Gettysburg MPS
NRHP Reference # 00000520[1]
Added to NRHP May 18, 2000

Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex is a national historic district located at Cumberland Township, Gettysburg, and Mount Joy Township in Adams County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 11 contributing buildings and 13 contributing sites, on 13 contiguous properties including 8 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, Lightmer Farm, and Beitler Farm. The properties served as hospitals for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 12th corps of the Army of the Potomac during the weeks immediately following the Battle of Gettysburg.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "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 2011-12-08.


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