This fieldstone structure with its two-story open gallery is in a sleepy little village 8 miles west of Gettysburg. Built as a plantation home in 1757, it became a hotel and stage coach stop in 1823. David Thomas managed a hotel in Washington, D.C. , before he bought the inn in 1976. Throughout you will find random-width floors, low ceilings, original brass hardware, crystal chandeliers, lace curtains, and a Williamsburg-influenced mix of antiques and reproductions.
The inn is well known for its classic country fare. (In fact, Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower frequently chose to entertain here.) Fall-foliage spectators should ease their way up to Arendtsville from here forthe NationalApple Harvest Festival in October—it’s as close to a state fair as some city folk will ever get, and children will glory in it. The Gettysburg battle sites are also nearby.
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