Schmucker Hall
| Schmucker Hall | |
| Old Dorm (1890s-1976) | |
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Old Dorm was used as the 1913 "Seminary Hotel" for dignitaries at the 50th battle anniversary. A May 1914 colonial portico was added to commemorate the reunion [1] (only the concrete base remains.)[2]
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Adams |
| Township | Cumberland |
| Campus | Lutheran Theological Seminary |
| Part of | Gettysburg Battlefield |
| Parts | Missionary Hall |
| Historic District Nearest town |
Gettysburg (75000155) Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
| Location | 111 Seminary Avenue |
| - coordinates | 39°49′55″N 77°14′41″W / 39.83194°N 77.24472°WCoordinates: 39°49′55″N 77°14′41″W / 39.83194°N 77.24472°W |
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Lutheran Theological Seminary-Old Dorm
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| Built | 1832 |
| Architect | Nicolas Pierce |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 74001729 |
| Added to NRHP | May 3, 1974 |
 1913 photo ("Cupola used by Genl. Lee")
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Schmucker Hall is an American Civil War site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that was constructed as the original Gettysburg Theological Seminary building. Used as both a Union and Confederate hospital during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the facility served as the seminary's main building from 1832 to 1895, then as a dedicated dormitory for students until 1951. In 1960, it was leased by the Adams County Historical Society. Beginning in 2006, the Historical Society, along with the Seminary Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, rehabilitated the building for adaptive reuse as the Seminary Ridge Museum www.seminaryridgemuseum.org . The Adams County Historical Society moved into the nearby Wolf House on the seminary campus preceding the renovation. In 2013, on the 150th anniversary of the battle, the Seminary, the Adams County Historical Society and the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation opened the building as the Seminary Ridge Museum. The Museum houses displays about many different aspects of the battle, the seminary, the town, and the civil war, and the struggle among faith groups over slavery, as well as offering tours of the cupola. The exhibit and museum have earned international, national and regional awards and the rehabilitation achieved LEED Certification in 2013.
The seminary opened with 11 students on September 5, 1826, at the 1810Gettysburg Academy building. An 1830 request for proposals was advertised for constructing the "whole building to be 100 feet, viz. the Centre building to be 50 feet square, two stories each 14 feet high--with two wings, 30 by 25 feet, three stories each 9 feet high. The wall of the first story of the Centre building is to be 18 inches thick--the second story and Wings to be 14 inches; to be covered with joint shingles, of white pine."[3] The construction established the seminary campus between the Chambersburg Pike and Nichol's Gap Road west of the Gettysburg borough on a ridge which became known as Haupt's Hill after Herman Haupt built his nearby 1837 
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