In terms of pure history, there may be no better inn within Gettysburg than the Dobbin House Tavern's Gettystown Inn. First built in 1776 (four score and seven years before the battle, as the tavern's official Web site points out) as a home for the reverend Alexander Dobbin and his family, the tavern features an adjacent bed and breakfast with five rooms decorated with 19th-century antiques to look like it did in 1863. The inn overlooks the spot where, in 1863, president Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address. All rooms include a free hot country breakfast every morning. Also a part of the Dobbin House Tavern family is the Little Round Top Farm, a five-bedroom house on 12 acres about two miles from town.
Gettystown Inn
89 Steinwehr Ave.
Gettysburg, PA 17325-2811
(717) 334-2100
dobbinhouse.com
A multiple award winner in voting by Bedandbreakfast.com, the Brickhouse Inn (and the adjacent Welty House) is one of the most famous and decorated inns in Gettysburg. The Welty House was built in 1830 and was in the middle of the battle. Confederate sharpshooters occupied the house after the first day of the battle, and the house's walls are still marked by bullets that struck it during fighting. Combined, the Brickhouse Inn and Welty House offer 14 rooms just steps from the National Battlefield Park and just minutes from Lincoln Square in the middle of the city square. Room rates include hot breakfast in the mornings and lemonade and homemade treats in the afternoon.
Brickhouse Inn
452 Baltimore St.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(800) 864-3464
brickhouseinn.com
Built in 1862 by a sheriff, this two-story red brick Federal-style home in the countryside was used as a hospital for Federal soldiers wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg. Now, it is a bed and breakfast featuring seven rooms on 19 acres. The inn features four fireplaces and many of the original characteristics of the original house (including hardwood floors and wide moldings). All rooms feature private baths and showers, and rates include a full country breakfast.
Lightner Farmhouse
2350 Baltimore Pike
Gettysburg, PA 17325
(717) 337-9508
lightnerfarmhouse.com
