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The Farmhouse Restaurant is the new, rebranded location of Gettysburg's General Pickett's Buffet, which closed in 2022, and will be operating under new management within the resort property.
The Dobbin House Tavern, known also as Dobbin House, on 89 Steinwehr Avenue in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is a tavern which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was established in 1776, making it the oldest standing structure in the town limits of Gettysburg. It was built to be a home for Reverend Alexander Dobbin and his family.
A married couple who were friends with the Eisenhowers, George and Mary Allen, had recently purchased a small farm around Gettysburg, and recommended the area. In 1950, the Eisenhowers found a "run-down farm" on the outskirts of Gettysburg, and purchased the farm and its 189 acres (76 ha) for $40,000 (equal to $506,556 today) from one Allen ...
During the battle of Gettysburg, the home was owned by Henry Comfort and was occupied by his family. The total number of wounded soldiers treated at the home is unknown, but it is known that Captain John Costin who served with the Eighty-Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry was brought to the home after being wounded during the fighting on July 1st.
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Built in 1812 [5] along the 1791 Nichol's Gap Road (c. 1869 Fairfield and Gettysburg Turnpike), [6] "Francis Bream purchased the farm and tavern in 1843." During the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg the intersection was a maneuver point for Confederate artillery [7] (the Hagerstown Road forded Marsh Creek). [8]
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The Brian Farm [3] [6] is an American Civil War area of the Gettysburg Battlefield used during the Pickett's Charge. On January 23, 2004, the farm's buildings, Boundary Stone Wall, and ID tablet were designated historic district contributing structures [ 7 ] after the tract was used for the 1918 Camp Colt [ 8 ] and other postwar camps .