The

Round Top Round Top is an extinct volcano in the Berkeley Hills, just east of Oakland, California. The peak lies entirely within the bounds of Contra Costa County. In 1936, the area surrounding the peak was established as Round Top Regional Park, one of ...

Museum was a

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visitor attraction established by John H. Rosensteel in 1888 on the north foot of

Little Round Top Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—the companion to the adjacent, taller hill named Big Round Top. It was the site of an unsuccessful assault by Confederate troops against the Union left fla ...

near the Round Top Station and northeast of the

Wheatfield Road The Wheatfield Road is a Gettysburg Battlefield crossroad from the Peach Orchard east-southeastward along the north side of The Wheatfield (on the Peach Orchard-Devil's Den ridge), north of the Valley of Death, and over the north foot of Little R ...

and Grand Central Avenue (now Sedgwick Av) intersection. The museum of

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artifacts was in Rosensteel's 1884 frame home and served as the "Round Top inn" restaurant/small hotel. NOTE: North of the Round Top station on the

Round Top Branch The Round Top Branch was an extension of the Gettysburg and Harrisburg Railroad from the Gettysburg borough across the Gettysburg Battlefield to Round Top, Pennsylvania. The branch ran southward from the terminus of the railroad's main line (it ...

was the Hancock Station near the battlefield's Vermont Memorial on Grand Central Avenue ("Hancock" Av by 1886

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for a "dancing pavilion" lit with Carbide lamp, acetelyne lamps that opened on May 25, 1902. A 1906

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was held at the "Little Round Top Hotel

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and a 1925 stabbing, and picnics at Rosensteel Park were held as late as 195

The facility also included a store where a Camp Renaissance CCC worker committed a theft in 193

The Round Top Museum and the 1921 Zeigler's Grove, Rosensteel electric map museum on

Cemetery Ridge Cemetery Ridge is a geographic feature in Gettysburg National Military Park, south of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that figured prominently in the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1 to July 3, 1863. It formed a primary defensive position for the ...

were owned by the Gettysburg National Museum corporation until 1964, and the Round Top Museum became part of the

Gettysburg National Military Park The Gettysburg National Military Park protects and interprets the landscape of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the park is managed by the National Park Service. The GNMP propert ...

in 1971 which used the building as an environmental resource center until it was demolished c. 1982.

Part of the museum's collection is in the GNMP's set of 43,000

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artifacts displayed in the 2008

Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center The Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center is a Gettysburg National Military Park facility, with a museum about the American Civil War, the 1884 Gettysburg Cyclorama, and the tour center for licensed Battlefield Guides and for buses to see the Getty ...

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References

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