page_title: Schmucker Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Schmucker Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Lutheran Theological Seminary-Old Dorm on the NRHP since May 3, 1974. On Seminary Ridge, Lutheran Theological Seminary campus in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Also known as Schmucker Hall after the Seminary's first president Dr. Samuel Sim Schmucker and is home to the Adams County Historical Society. This building played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg, in particular the cupola. Union Generals Buford and Reynolds used the cupola to view the battlefield and terrain and as a signal post on the first day of the battle. On the 2nd and 3rd days aides to Confederate General Lee did the same thing, and Union cannon focused on the building as a result. This building is near the center of the Confederate line on Seminary Ridge. The cupola was struck by lightning in 1914 and immediately replaced according to the original plans. Note that the "Old Dorm" at Gettysburg College maybe a mile north was also used as an observation and signaling point during the battle, but my reading of the NRHP nominations is that this building was the more important. Building was also used as a hospital for about 600 Union and Confederate soldiers during and after the battle.
context_page_description: Schmucker Hall is an American Civil War site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that was constructed as the original Gettysburg Theological Seminary building. Used as both a Union and Confederate hospital during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the facility served as the seminary's main building from 1832 to 1895, then as a dedicated dormitory for students until 1951. In 1960, it was leased by the Adams County Historical Society. Beginning in 2006, the Historical Society, along with the Seminary Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, rehabilitated the building for adaptive reuse as the Seminary Ridge Museum. The Adams County Historical Society moved into the nearby Wolf House on the seminary campus preceding the renovation. In 2013, on the 150th anniversary of the battle, the Seminary, the Adams County Historical Society and the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation opened the building as the Seminary Ridge Museum. The Museum houses displays about many different aspects of the battle, the seminary, the town, and the civil war, and the struggle among faith groups over slavery, as well as offering tours of the cupola.
context_section_description: Schmucker Hall is an American Civil War site listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Pennsylvania, that was constructed as the original Gettysburg Theological Seminary building.  Used as both a Union and Confederate hospital during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the facility served as the seminary's main building from 1832 to 1895, then as a dedicated dormitory for students until 1951. In 1960, it was leased by the Adams County Historical Society. Beginning in 2006, the Historical Society, along with the Seminary Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation, rehabilitated the building for adaptive reuse as the Seminary Ridge Museum. The Adams County Historical Society moved into the nearby Wolf House on the seminary campus preceding the renovation. In 2013, on the 150th anniversary of the battle, the Seminary, the Adams County Historical Society and the Seminary Ridge Historic Preservation Foundation opened the building as the Seminary Ridge Museum.  The Museum houses displays about many different aspects of the battle, the seminary, the town, and the civil war, and the struggle among faith groups over slavery, as well as offering tours of the cupola. The exhibit and museum have earned international, national and regional awards and the rehabilitation achieved LEED Certification in 2013.
caption: Old Dorm was used as the 1913 "Seminary Hotel" for dignitaries at the 50th battle anniversary.[1]:49  A May 1914 colonial portico was added to commemorate the reunion [1] (only the concrete base remains.)[2]
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