Richard Neutra’s Cyclorama building at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which he designed in 1962, has received a stay of execution after the US National Parks Service agreed to call a halt to demolition plans.
Demolition has now been delayed until a federal judge rules on a lawsuit filed two years ago by campaigners who want to save the building.
The parks service has proposed demolition of Neutra’s structure as part of its plan to “rehabilitate” the site of the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, a key date in the American Civil War.
The Cyclorama building is a classic example of 1960s concrete design by the architect, who is considered one of modernism’s greats. It was built to house French artist Paul Philippoteaux’s paintings of a Confederate charge on Union soldiers.
But the painting was moved to a new visitors’ centre in 2008 because faults in Neutra’s building meant it was deteriorating there.
The keeper of the US National Register of Historic Places confirmed in 1998 that Neutra’s building had been eligible for the register, but that it had not been included at the urging of the parks service.
Richard Neutra’s 1962 Gettysburg Cyclorama building gets stay of execution
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