Zeigler's Grove
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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 battlefield's visitor center.
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...
location that was the location of a wooden observation tower until the late 1890s and a 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 until the 1960s; as well as both the demolished Electric Map building and the now closed Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building
Richard Neutra's Cyclorama Building
The Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg is a vacant concrete and glass Mission 66 structure dedicated November 19, 1962 by the National Park Service to serve as a Gettysburg Battlefield visitor center, to exhibit the 1883 Paul Philippoteaux Battle of Gettysburg cyclorama and other artifacts, and to...
that each served as the battlefield's visitor center.