GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
Designed by Neutra and Alexander, 1961



View of ramp leading to observation deck overlooking battlefield, looking northeast.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
View of concrete drum containing the Cyclorama painting, looking southeast.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
Section drawing of drum showing support system and relationship of visitor to painting.
(© Dion Neutra/W. Boesiger)
View of monumental drum from the building entrance.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
View toward battlefield from roof of building, looking southeast.
(© Christine Madrid, 1998)
Information desk for visitors at the main entry.
(Photographer unknown, ca. 1962, courtesy National Park Service Historic Photography Collection)
View of museum area below Cyclorama painting.
(Photograph by Jack Boucher, September 1962, courtesy National Park Service Historic Photography Collection)
View of tiled ramp leading up to Cyclorama platform.
(© Dion Neutra/W. Boesiger)
Old Cyclorama building, opened in 1913 on Baltimore Street, Cemetery Hill, Gettysburg. This building housed the Cyclorama painting for forty-five years before construction of the Neutra/Alexander structure.
(Photographer unknown, n.d., courtesy National Park Service Historic Photography Collection)

Richard and Dion Neutra Architecture


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