HISTORY
This unassuming valley was locally known as Sleepy Hollow around the Civil War era. It was sparsely populated , over the hill from the center of town and the location of 2 tanneries, a slaughter house , the waterworks and a brickyard. Now it is central to most tourist attractions, crawling with historic tours by day and ghost tours and carriage rides by night.
SLEEPY HOLLOW MANOR
Sleepy Hollow Manor 34 Locust Ave. Gettysburg, Pa. This piece of ground was owned by the Solomon Welty family during the battle of Gettysburg. It was marched through on July 2nd 1863 by the 5th Louisiana Tigers on their attack on Cemetery Hill. In 1947 the local businessman, builder, developer Luther Sachs built this large stone house for his family. In 1970 the school's band director and music teacher Robert Zeigler bought it, lived here with his wife Jessie and gave private music lessons from the house. From 1980-2015 Ron and Lisa Pack owned the property and used it as an office building for Their insurance and investment company. In 2018 Steve and Barbara Shultz bought it and opened it as an inn.
The carriage house was built around the 1880's and was used as a carriage house and later a garage up until about 1960 when the upstairs was turned into an apartment and rented by some of Dwight D. Eisenhower's off duty secret service agents when Ike would stay at his Gettysburg farm. The first floor was turned into an apartment around 1972. From 1990 to 2015 the whole building was used as offices. In 2020 the first floor was remodeled into two guest rooms
A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY B&B
A Sentimental Journey B&B 431 and 433 Baltimore St. Gettysburg. This property was owned by John and Caroline Rupp. They ran the tannery which was occupied by Confederate sharpshooters during the Battle of Gettysburg. Excerpts from John's letter to his sister July 1863. "The Rebs had my tannery in thair possession for 4 days. They used the shop as a fort. It was full of Rebs firing on our pickets. I could hear them load their guns and fire. Virginia Wade was killed while kneading up her bread for her sister. I sustained no loss in stock but the Rebs broke all the glass and sash in the shop". The tannery was sold to the Winebrenner family who tore down the tannery and built the burgundy brick duplex in the late 1920's. The duplex served as rental units until Steve and Barbara Shultz bought it in 1999 to house their business Aces High Gallery. They opened A Sentimental Journey B&B in 2001 then turned Aces High into Cone Sweet Cone ice cream shop in 2015.