Sunday, September 21, 2025

Historic Barns of Gettysburg and Adams County

Saturday we did a tour of some of the Historic Barns in and around Gettysburg. I never realized the Battlefield area was so big and although I've been once before I'm going to have to come back again.  

Round Barn

Biglerville

Used for Weddings and Events these days
Round Barn

internal structure 
Guernsey Country Club Barn

Biglerville

restored and used for weddings and events
Nice Dead Tree
Flower Garden
Rummel Barn

Gettysburg

used as a field hospital during the battle in 1863
Stone farm house
one of the cannons of the Army of Northern Virginia
McIntire Barn Farmhouse

Gettyburg
McIntire Barn
McIntire Barn Farmhouse
At all of the barns were a variety of exhibits and displays of barn constuction, making nails, apples, making ice cream with an old John Deere tractor, how to sharpen a scythe and an exhibit of Civil War weapons and uniforms and day to day food ration for both armies.

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