FULL SERVICE HISTORICAL HOTELYEAR BUILT 1797 YEAR REMODELED 2005ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION THE HISTORIC BEST WESTERN GETTYSBURG HOTEL HAS A TRADITION OF HOSPITALITY THAT DATES TO 1797, WHEN JAMES SCOTT OPENED HIS TAVERN. IN THE SUMMER OF 1863, THE HOTEL PLAYED WITNESS TO ONE OF THE SEMINAL EVENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AS UNION AND CONFEDERATE TROOPS SWARMED OVER THE SMALL TOWN OF GETTYSBURG DURING A PIVOTAL AND BLOODY THREE DAY BATTLE. PRESIDENT LINCOLN HONED THE IMMORTAL WORDS OF HIS GETTYSBURG ADDRESS AT THE WILLS HOUSE, JUST STEPS AWAY FROM THE HOTEL. NEARLY A CENTURY LATER, AT THE HEIGHT OF THE COLD WAR, THE HOTEL SERVED AS PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWERS NATIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER WHILE HE RECUPERATED FROM A HEART ATTACK AT HIS NEARBY FARM. A VICTIM OF POST WAR CHANGES IN AMERICAS TRAVELING HABITS, THE GETTYSBURG HOTEL CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 1964. AFTER CAREFUL AND DETAILED RESTORATIONS, THE HISTORIC BEST WESTERN GETTYSBURG HOTEL ONCE AGAIN WELCOMES GUESTS TO SHARE ITS RICH LEGACY.
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