EVERGREEN CEMETERY GATEHOUSE Then & Now

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The photograph was taken near the Baltimore Pike.

The Evergreen Cemetery Gatehouse, built in 1855, stands at the summit of Cemetery Hill. The house was used to shelter wounded and suffered damage from the fighting that raged in front of it on the evening of July 2. On the night of July 1, Elizabeth Thorn, wife of then-absent cemetery caretaker Peter Thorn, served supper to General Sickles, General Slocum and General Howard. Photographer Matthew Brady photographed the gate house approximately two weeks after the battle.

This photograph is part of a series of Then & Now photos of Buildings & Farms.