The Pennsylvania State Memorial
| Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg | |
| Pennsylvania Monument | |
| historic district contributing structure | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Adams |
| NPS unit | Gettysburg National Military Park |
| Landform | Cemetery Ridge |
| Location | triangle of Hancock, Sedgwick, & Pleasonton Avenues |
| - coordinates | 39°48′27.32″N 77°14′6.55″W / 39.8075889°N 77.2351528°WCoordinates: 39°48′27.32″N 77°14′6.55″W / 39.8075889°N 77.2351528°W |
| Height Architect Sculptor |
110 ft (34 m) to tip of Nike's sword W. Liance Cottrell Samuel Murray |
| Style | Beaux-Arts |
| Superstructure Substructure Cost Contractor |
bronze & North Carolina granite iron-reinforced concrete & granite $240,000 ($5,815,760 as of 2017) Harrison Granite Company [2] |
| Appropriations Dedicated Rededicated Completed |
$150,000 (1907) additional $40,000 (1911) September 27, 1910 July 4, 1913 1914 |
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Historic District Ent'd-Doc'd GNMP structure |
75000155 01/24/2004 MN260 |
 Photograph during construction
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Google Maps overhead view
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The Pennsylvania State Memorial is a monument in Gettysburg National Military Park that commemorates the 34,530 Pennsylvania soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg. The memorial stands along Cemetery Ridge, the Union battle line on July 2, 1863 – Day 2 of the battle. It is the largest of the state monuments on the Gettysburg Battlefield.
In the 1880s, Senator Andrew G. Curtin, who had served as Pennsylvania's governor during the Civil War, advocated for a "Pennsylvania Memorial Hall" to be built atop Little Round Top. The 60 ft (18 m)-square hall would display "a treasury of trophies and mementos of all the Pennsylvania regiments that fought at Gettysburg." The proposed building was included in an 1889 state appropriations bill, that was vetoed by Governor James A. Beaver.
Eighteen years later, the Pennsylvania Legislature appropriated $150,000 for construction of a state memorial, and the current site was announced in February 1909. The design competition for the commission was won by the entry of New York architect W. Liance Cottrell and Philadelphia sculptor Samuel Murray. The building was to be completed by July 1, 1910.
Humphreys Avenue, along the east side of the memorial, was not surveyed until 1911, so materials were delivered by railroad, via the Round Top Branch to nearby Hancock Station.
The memorial was unfinished when it was dedicated on September 27, 1910, and the project was out of money. An additional state appropriation of $40,000 was approved in 1911. The new completion date was set for July 1, 1913 – the 50th anniversary of the battle. The portrait statues were installed in April 1913, and the memorial was rededicated on July 4, 1913. A bronze tablet listing the names of 945 additional Pennsylvania veterans completed the memorial in 1914.
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