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line was completed from the east to Gettysburg with a reception for railroad dignitaries held several days later at "a large and recently furnished building near the depot" (the depot was being built on 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) purchased from George W McClellan in the summer). The Gettysburg Railroad
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The completed depot had two 1st floor waiting rooms (for men and for women & children) and, via a spiral staircase on the eastern side, a large open room on the 2nd floor. The ticket booth/office was a small structure attached to the southeast part of the station. After an 1886 expansion, the
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before rail traffic was restored to the depot on July 10, and by the end of July, nearly 15,000 wounded troops had passed through the station via the twice-daily trains. A medical inspector of the Army arrived on July 8 and used the depot while "in immediate charge of the transportation of the
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Company had contracted for Passenger Depot construction on September 18, 1858 for "the Corner of Carlisle and Railroad street"; and on January 10, 1859, the stockholders resolved to hold their future meetings "in the office
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The depot's first floor is a museum with an information counter and is open daily (free) to the public. The museum contains models, diagrams, exhibits, and artifacts which were found during the renovation of the station.
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vacated the depot in 2002; and renovation began in January 2005 (completed 2006). The Pennsylvania Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission was "pivotal in the grand re-opening of the Historic Gettysburg Train
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The jury appointed to fix a value on the four tracts of land in Cumberland township belonging to Mrs. Mary A. Pfeffer, will meet in the Court-house to-morrow afternoon at 1.30 o'clock to hear testimony.
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Following a 1996 meeting regarding the station's condition (the station was near collapse), renovation was funded. The Borough of Gettysburg acquired the property on May 6, 1998; the
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trestle on June 27, 1863. The station was undamaged during the battle and returned to service in 1865 following the end of evacuation of the wounded or dead and repairs to the lines.
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Arriving westbound on the main line, an engine with passenger car switched onto a siding and stopped along a long loading platform behind the depot where passengers detrained.
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but was bought by the Gettysburg Foundation, the non-profit partner to the National Park Service, was placed under the purview of the National Park Service.
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As the Confederate forces approached the town the depot's telegrapher, the adopted young daughter of a "Mr. (Brown) Lee in Washington county, [
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on the 2006 anniversary of Lincoln's arrival. The borough approved a 2007 2nd floor lease for the Gettysburg International Arts Festival,
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on November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln arrived at 6:00 p.m. on the 18th and departed 24 hours later, having delivered the
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Service is interrupted at the station as the Confederate Army made its way north and engages the Union Army during the
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Telegraph operator in the "W. U. office") and the station's railroad line became part of the successor lines:
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became the men's waiting room and was separated from the women's room in the new space by a long hallway.
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and telegraphy. On April 1, 1955, Western Maryland leased the building to the Gettysburg Travel Council (
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The engine backed onto the 1st siding, connected to the loaded car's opposite end, and headed east.
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The engine backed the car from the 1st siding onto a 2nd siding where the car was disconnected.
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and the station has been operated by the National Trust for Historic Gettysburg since 2008.
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connected the wires so as to preserve the circuit intact and carried the instrument to
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service in the depot began in 1866, (L. D. Plank replaced Charles T. Rose as the 1902
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Lincoln And Gettysburg: The Story Of Abraham Lincoln's Immortal Address At Gettysburg
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The passenger car was rolled back onto the 1st siding along the platform for loading.
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moldings, and a low-pitched roof with eaves (the 1-story addition was in 1886,).
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point of arrival on November 18, 1863 and departure, following delivery of the
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expenses in attending the consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
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The engine then switched back onto the main line (the engine was reversed).
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Transportation buildings and structures in Adams County, Pennsylvania
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during the battle. A station east of the borough was established for
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The station was used as a hospital, and soldiers used the station's
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with depot, platform, museum and offices on Carlisle Street in
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uncompleted 1830s plan for a railroad through Gettysburg
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Railway stations in the United States closed in 1942
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The depot was used until 1948 for administration of
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consecration of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
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Gettysburg Railroad Station

Italianate
cornice
Gettysburg, PA
39°49′55.232″N 77°13′51.46″W / 39.83200889°N 77.2309611°W / 39.83200889; -77.2309611
Gettysburg National Military Park
Western Maryland Railway
CSX Transportation
Gettysburg Campaign
Western Maryland Railway
Seven Stars
Highfield
Baltimore
Hanover
Gettysburg
Granite
Glyndon
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
ID75000155
MPS
train station
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District
President Abraham Lincoln's
Gettysburg Address
Borough of Gettysburg
uncompleted 1830s plan for a railroad through Gettysburg

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