Stevens Hall

Stevens Hall (HM1O35)

Location: Gettysburg, PA 17325 Adams County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 50.154', W 77° 13.875'

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The residence hall straight ahead of you is named after Thaddeus Stevens, a trustee of Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College)from 1834 to 1868. During the Civil War, Stevens was a powerful abolitionist Congressman. He led efforts to pass the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ending slavery, defining citizenship, extending equal protection under the law to all citizens, and granting all male citizens the right to vote regardless of race. An early advocate of the Emancipation Proclamation, Stevens was one of the chief architects of both Reconstruction and President Johnson's impeachment.

After beginning his legal career in Gettysburg, Stevens became a state legislator and was responsible for the institution of free public education in Pennsylvania a generation earlier than other states. David Wills, an 1851 graduate of Pennsylvania College and a prominent local attorney, apprenticed with Thaddeus Stevens.

Instrumental in gaining 1832's state charter for what became Gettyburg College, Stevens also provided land for the central area of campus where Pennsylvania Hall stands (the building is visible in his portrait). Stevens hall opened in 1868, the year of its namesake's death, when "The Great Commnoner" followed President Lincoln as only the third national figure to lie in state in the U.S. Capitol. Stevens was buried in an interracial cemetery in Lancaster, where he had lived and practiced law.
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HM NumberHM1O35
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Placed ByMain Street Gettysburg
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Date Added Tuesday, September 22nd, 2015 at 9:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18S E 309077 N 4411926
Decimal Degrees39.83590000, -77.23125000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 50.154', W 77° 13.875'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 50' 9.24" N, 77° 13' 52.5" W
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Area Code(s)717
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 324-398 US-15 BUS, Gettysburg PA 17325, US
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