Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building
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The Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg is a vacant concrete and glass Mission 66
structure dedicated November 19, 1962 by the National Park Service
(NPS) to serve as a Gettysburg Battlefield
visitor center, to exhibit the 1883 Paul Philippoteaux
Battle of Gettysburg
cyclorama and other artifacts, and to provide an observation deck
(replacing the 1896 Zeigler's Grove
Cope Truss
tower).
The Gettysburg Cyclorama
painting was removed and in 1998, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places identified the building possesses "exceptional historic and architectural significance." (The painting was reopened to the public in the spring of 2008 at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center]].) Funding requests to rehabilitate the Cyclorama Building were denied in 1993 and 1996, i.e., $2.7M in 1993 for roof removal/replacement, asbestos ceiling removal, patching cracks and treating masonry, and efficient redesign of interior. On September 24, 1998, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places determined the "Cyclorama Building was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places", reversing conclusions by the National Park Service in December 1995 and the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer in May 1996. In 1999, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts opposed the demolition.
After the building was not added
to the National Register of Historic Places, inn 2010, a U.S. District court judge ruled for the Recent Past Preservation Network (Plaintiff) that the NPS "had failed to comply with federal law requiring it to analyze the effect of the Cyclorama Center demolition and come up with alternatives to destroying it".
Mission 66
Mission 66 was a US National Park Service ten-year program that was intended to dramatically expand Park Service visitor services by 1966, in time for the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Park Service....
structure dedicated November 19, 1962 by the National Park Service
National Park Service
The National Park Service is the U.S. federal agency that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations...
(NPS) to serve as a Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg Battlefield
The Gettysburg Battlefield is the area of the July 1–3, 1863, military engagements of the Battle of Gettysburg within and around the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Locations of military engagements extend from the 4 acre site of the first shot & at on the west of the borough, to East...
visitor center, to exhibit the 1883 Paul Philippoteaux
Paul Philippoteaux
Paul Philippoteaux was a French artist. He is best known for a cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg.-Life and career:Paul Philippoteaux was born in Paris, the son of the French artist Henri Emmanuel Felix Philippoteaux...
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
cyclorama and other artifacts, and to provide an observation deck
Observation deck
__FORCETOC__ An observation deck, observation platform or viewing platform is an elevated sightseeing platform usually situated upon a tall architectural structure such as a skyscraper or observation tower...
(replacing the 1896 Zeigler's Grove
Zeigler's Grove
Zeigler's Grove is a Gettysburg Battlefield location that was the location of a wooden observation tower until the late 1890s and a Cope Truss tower until the 1960s; as well as both the demolished Electric Map building and the now closed Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building that each served as the...
Cope Truss
Cope Truss
The Cope Truss is a tall square frustum of four structural cells used for 2 lattice towers on the Gettysburg Battlefield: Culp's Hill Observation Tower and Confederate Avenue Observation Tower. The high observation towers have stairways with corner landings along the interior sides to form a...
tower).
The Gettysburg Cyclorama
Gettysburg Cyclorama
The Battle of Gettysburg, also known as the Gettysburg Cyclorama, is a cyclorama painting by the French artist Paul Philippoteaux depicting "Pickett's Charge", the climactic Confederate attack on the Union forces during the Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863...
painting was removed and in 1998, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places identified the building possesses "exceptional historic and architectural significance." (The painting was reopened to the public in the spring of 2008 at the Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center]].) Funding requests to rehabilitate the Cyclorama Building were denied in 1993 and 1996, i.e., $2.7M in 1993 for roof removal/replacement, asbestos ceiling removal, patching cracks and treating masonry, and efficient redesign of interior. On September 24, 1998, the Keeper of the National Register of Historic Places determined the "Cyclorama Building was eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places", reversing conclusions by the National Park Service in December 1995 and the Pennsylvania State Historic Preservation Officer in May 1996. In 1999, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts opposed the demolition.
After the building was not added
Keeper of the Register
The Keeper of the Register is a National Park Service official, responsible for deciding on the eligibility of historic properties for inclusion on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . The Keeper's authority may be delegated as he or she sees fit...
to the National Register of Historic Places, inn 2010, a U.S. District court judge ruled for the Recent Past Preservation Network (Plaintiff) that the NPS "had failed to comply with federal law requiring it to analyze the effect of the Cyclorama Center demolition and come up with alternatives to destroying it".