Mission 15 · Gettysburg National Military Park · PA · 2026
Gettysburg asset removals
The National Park Service has a decision open here and is taking comments on it. Gettysburg National Military Park, Pennsylvania.
The agency files it as “Demolition/Removal of Select Assets”
Record openthe agency stopped taking comments September 22 · what you find still counts
Places to check
1
People it would take
6
Said they’ll go
0
Photographs filed
0
Opened
September 7
Window closed
September 22
Evidence
Nothing filed yet.
No photograph has been filed on this mission yet. The first one lands here with its fingerprint, where its location came from, and how far inside the agency’s own boundary it was taken. The places to check are below.
The objective
What we are testing.
Gettysburg National Military ParkCultural resources
“Panels are missing from the east and west edges of the roof. This allows water to enter the interior of the addition”
The agency wrote that in its own document, under B301001-2 Outshed Granary Roof Finishes. Nobody has been out to check it.
At the Bishop Barn on Emmitsburg Road, walk to the north side and look at the small shed roof on the added granary. Photograph the east and west edges of that metal roof. A clear photo of the shed roof edges showing either bare gaps where metal panels are gone or an unbroken, intact panel run.
Everything else the document says about the ground.
6 more sentences, in the agency’s own words, with where each one sits in the document. Any of them is fair game for a photograph.
“Although a great deal of the original core of the Bishop Barn is now hidden behind four additions (one historic; three not historic)”
Under Physical DescriptionWhere: Bishop Barn, 2065 Emmitsburg Road, east and south elevations
“the retaining wall is bulging, likely due to excessive water in this area from no roof drainage system on the barn roof”
Under G204002 Retaining WallWhere: Bishop Barn, north elevation, stone retaining wall at the bank
“The downlead cables have been severed and are not grounded, rendering the system useless”
Under D509004 Lightning Protection SystemWhere: Bishop Barn, peak of the gable roof
“There are no fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, sprinkler systems, or fire detection systems located in the barn”
Under D40 Fire Protection SystemsWhere: interior of Bishop Barn, both lower and upper levels
“The barn is located approximately 1200 feet west of Emmitsburg Road, about three miles south of the town of Gettysburg and 0.8 miles from Eisenhower National Historic Site”
Under Physical DescriptionWhere: Bishop Barn property, west side of Emmitsburg Road, Cumberland Township
“The wall framing is noticeably falling, so much that the tenon on the top of the center post is dislocated from its mortise”
Under B2010-1 Barn Exterior WallsWhere: Bishop Barn, west elevation exterior wall, interior view at lower level
The window shut September 22. Evidence still counts: it backs the objections from people who did comment, goes to the lawyers, and outlives the decision.