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From 1918 to 1958, the property was owned by George Black and was known as the Sleepy Hollow Lodge. During the Civil War, the property was owned by Harvy D. Sweney and his family. In 1972, the house was renamed in honor of Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth by current owner, Mr. Loring Shultz, and remains a bed & breakfast. The current owners ...
York Daily Record reporter Léna Tzivekis, at left, listens as tour guide Mr. Jim shares ghostly tales of the Farnsworth House during a Civil War Ghosts of Gettysburg ghost tour by US Ghost ...
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 35 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. One site is further designated as a National Historic Site and another is designated as a National ...
The Gettysburg National Military Park is administered in the North Atlantic–Appalachian region, also known as the Northeast region. [22] Former and current Superintendents of the Gettysburg National Military Park. John P. Nicholson: 1895–1922 [23] Colonel Emmor B. Cope: 1922–1927 [23] James B. Aumen: 1927–1927 [23]
Park road system in 1998. As of 2008, the National Park Service unit managed 1,320 monuments and markers, 410 cannons, 148 historic buildings, and 41 miles (66 km) of roads (8 miles of them, unpaved). [2] The largest concentration of monuments is at the Gettysburg National Cemetery, where President Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.
Elon John Farnsworth (July 30, 1837 – July 3, 1863) was a Union Army captain in the American Civil War. He commanded Brigade 1, Division 3 of the Cavalry Corps (Union Army) from June 28, 1863 to July 3, 1863, when he was mortally wounded and died at the Battle of Gettysburg .
The 1888–1964 Round Top Museum and the 1921–2008 Gettysburg National Museum were both acquired by the National Park Service after the 1963 battle anniversary. During the post-WWII increase of tourism, Mission 66 improvements for the NPS 50th anniversary included the construction of the modernist Cyclorama Building at Gettysburg , designed ...
The 1895 "Sickles Gettysburg Park Bill" (28 Stat. 651) designated the Gettysburg National Military Park (GNMP), [14] which included areas outside of the battlefield (e.g., structures used as field hospitals) and which was transferred in 1933 to the 1916 National Park Service.