11th Annual Holiday House Tour and Community Open House

Tour ten of the area’s most prestigious Bed & Breakfast Inns:

  • BARKER HOUSE BED & BREAKFAST
  • THIS 1794 FEDERAL STYLE HOME WAS BUILT BY RICHARD KNIGHT. IT IS THE SECOND OLDEST STRUCTURE IN NEW OXFORD AND WAS THE HOME OF THE PROMINENT HERSH FAMILY FOR 150 YEARS. IT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN OCCUPIED BY CONFEDERATE GENERAL JOHN GORDEN OF GEORGIA AND HIS OFFICERS ON THE WAY TO GETTYSBURG. TODAY IT WELCOMES GUESTS WITH FOUR COMFORTABLE GUEST ROOMS AND A FULL THREE COURSE BREAKFAST. INNKEEPERS ELIZABETH SUTTON & ROBERT KENNEDY.

    10 LINCOLN WAY WEST
    NEW OXFORD, PA 17350
    717-624-9066

  • BATTLEFIELD BED & BREAKFAST
  • A CIVIL WAR THEME INN IN AN ORIGINAL 1809 FARM HOME ON THE SOUTH CAVALRY BATTLEFIELD. COME AND ENJOY LIVE JAZZ MUSIC BY MOODSWINGS, PAM BARTL’S HAND WOVENS BY JESAMIE, & PHOTOGRAPHS AND PAINTINGS BY DEBORAH BARTL. INNKEEPER FLORENCE TARBOX.

  • THE CASHTOWN INN
  • VISIT ONE OF THE CONFEDERACY’S MOST SIGNIFICANT HOUSES NORTH OF RICHMOND. NOW HOUSING ONE OF GETTYSBURG’S PREMIERE DINING DESTINATIONS AND A FULL SERVICE BED & BREAKFAST. HEAR OUR HISTORY AND ENTER A RAFFLE FOR A GIFT CERTIFICATE TO THE INN. INNKEEPERS JACK & MARIA PALADINO

    1325 OLD ROUTE 30
    CASHTOWN, PA 17310
    717-334-9722

  • THE DOUBLEDAY INN
  • THE ONLY GETTYSBURG BED & BREAKFAST LOCATED DIRECTLY ON THE NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD! EXPLORE OUR VINTAGE 1939 COLONIAL REVIVAL STYLE HOUSE AND HEAR THE HISTORY OF THE HOUSE AND GROUNDS. PART OF THE FORNEY FARM AT THE TIME OF THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, THE ORIGINAL STONE WALL IN FRONT OF THE INN PROVIDED COVER FOR THE UNION FIRST CORPS ON JULY 1, 1863. ALSO HEAR SOME OF THE GHOST STORIES ASSOCIATED WITH IVERSON’S PITS, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE INN. INNKEEPERS TODD & CHRISTINE THOMAS

    104 DOUBLEDAY AVENUE
    GETTYSBURG, PA 17325
    717-334-9119

  • HERR TAVERN & PUBLICK HOUSE
  • BUILT IN 1813 BY THOMAS SWEENEY. IN 1815 MR. SWEENEY BEGAN OPERATING THE TAVERN AND PUBLICK HOUSE. IN 1828 FREDERICK HERR PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AND OWNED IT FOR NEARLY FORTY YEARS. ON JULY 1, 1863 WAS THE SITE OF THE FIRST CONFEDERATE FIELD HOSPITAL. TODAY, STEVEN WOLF AND HIS DAUGHTER STEFANY OWN AND OPERATE THE 16 ROOM COUNTRY INN AND FINE DINING RESTAURANT.

    900 CHAMBERSBURG ROAD
    GETTYSBURG, PA 17325
    717-334-4332

  • THE JAMES GETTYS HOTEL
  • ESTABLISHED IN 1804, THIS EUROPEAN STYLE HISTORIC INN OFFERS ELEVEN TASTEFULLY APPOINTED SUITES WITH GRACIOUS AMENITIES, WARM HOSPITALITY, AND EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE. WHILE TOURING THE HOTEL ALSO VISIT LORD NELSON’S GALLERY FOR AN ART SHOW.

    27 CHAMBERSBURG STREET
    GETTYSBURG PA, 17325
    717-337-1334

  • THE KEYSTONE INN
  • THE KEYSTONE INN IS A GREAT HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1913 FOR A PROMINENT BUSINESSMAN AND HIS FAMILY OF 12. A WIDE, HIGH COLUMNED PORCH WRAPS AROUND TWO SIDES OF THE HOUSE. INSIDE THE LEADED GLASS ENTRANCE IS A MAGESTIC STAIRCASE MARCHING TO THE THIRD FLOOR. THE GUEST ROOMS ARE DECORATED IN SOFT PASTELS, RUFFLES AND FLOWERS. EACH ROOM HAS A FIRM MATTRESS, COMFORTABLE CHAIRS WITH OTTOMANS, AND A READING NOOK. AUNT WEASIE’S LIBRARY HAS GAMES AND BOOKS FOR YOUR PLEASURE. THE KEYSTONE INN INVITES YOU TO COME “SIT A SPELL”. INNKEEPERS DORIS & WILMER MARTIN.

    231 HANOVER STREET
    GETTYSBURG, PA 17325
    717-337-3888

  • PASSAGES INN
  • Unique in the area, Passages Inn Gettysburg is a bed and breakfast with an international accent, reflecting the innkeepers’ international work, interests and travel. Each of the three guestrooms has its own thematic décor and reading materials, and the guest parlor also features artifacts from the owners’ travels. The inn is a renovated 1834 house that coincidentally hid - and thus served as a type of “inn” - for a wounded Union soldier who was given safe “passage” to his troops the morning of July 4, 1863. Visit us on the holiday tour to enjoy Christmas carols around the piano as well as a fireside chat with a Civil War era celebrity.

    267 Baltimore Street
    Gettysburg, PA 17325
    717-334-7010

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    PURCHASING TICKETS:

    Tickets may be purchased on the dates of the tour at any of the Bed & Breakfasts participating on the tour at a cost of $20 each. After December 1st, tickets for the Shriver House Candlelight Tour and/or the Dinner with Santa at Boyd's Bear Country must be purchased directly through those partners.