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Rock Creek White Run Union Hospital Complex

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NRHP Reference #
  
00000520

Year built
  
1863

Area
  
223 ha

Added to NRHP
  
18 May 2000

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

Architectural style
  
Other, Pennsylvania Farmhouse

MPS
  
Adams County properties associated with the Battle of Gettysburg MPS

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.

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

References

Rock Creek-White Run Union Hospital Complex Wikipedia