Sheads House

	Sheads House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Sheads House, 2017
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Location	331 Buford Ave., Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°50′3″N 77°14′35″W / 39.83417°N 77.24306°WCoordinates: 39°50′3″N 77°14′35″W / 39.83417°N 77.24306°W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1862
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	76001592
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1976

The Sheads House, also known as Oak Ridge Seminary, is a historic home located at Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1862, and is a 2 1/2-story, "T"-shaped brick dwelling in the Gothic Revival style. It sits on a granite foundation and has a cross gable roof. It features an ornamental fascia board and porches with ornamental balustrades. Shortly after it was built it housed Oak Ridge Seminary, a girls' school. During the Battle of Gettysburg, it was used as a hospital for Confederate States Army wounded.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the Gettysburg Battlefield Historic District.^[1]

Shell embedded in the wall to the left of the window

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes P. Ross Ramer and Charles Dunlevey (June 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sheads House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-17.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes P. Ross Ramer and Charles Dunlevey (June 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sheads House" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-17.

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