History & local legend
The Inn at Herr Ridge began as a tavern on the Chambersburg Pike west of Gettysburg. During the fighting on July 1, 1863, Confederate troops advanced along the road and wounded men were carried into the tavern, which became a field hospital.
Room One, in the original part of the building, is known as the Hallows. The innkeepers describe an unexplained event in its sitting room: a candle that has been extinguished sometimes lights again on its own. The fireplace area is a particular focus of the room’s ghost tradition.
Other accounts concern the bar, where customers have described bottles shifting and the sensation of being shoved by someone they could not see. Diaries kept in the original guest rooms preserve visitors’ accounts of their stays.
Sources
- Inn at Herr Ridge, Room One and the returning candle flameUnavailable ·
- Only In Your State, Herr Ridge room diaries and reports from the bar
- Gettysburg Borough, National Register documentation identifying the tavern’s Confederate hospital useUnavailable ·
- Gettysburg Daily and licensed battlefield guide Rich Kohr, Tipton photograph and the July 1 fighting
