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'''The Farnsworth House Inn''' is a [[bed and breakfast]] and [[tourist attraction]] located in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]]. The building is [[Reportedly_haunted_locations_in_Pennsylvania|purported to be haunted]], which the business uses in its promotional literature.<ref>1{{cite web|last=Plum Auvil|first=Jennifer|title=Haunted Bed and Breakfasts: Slumber With Ghosts at a Spirited Inn|url=http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/romance-and-honeymoons/articles/haunted-bed-and-breakfasts|work=The Travel Channel Romance and Honeymoons|publisher=The Travel Channel|accessdate=24 March 2014}} </ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mckay|first=Gretchen|title=Historic haunt|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-120675D3E499FEC0.html|accessdate=30 April 2014|newspaper=Post-Tribune (subscription required)|date=April 27, 2008}}</ref> Apart from being an inn, the building has also served as a tourist home and shop.<ref name=TET>{{cite web|last=Fine|first=John Christopher|title=Ed Tobin, Cooking at the Historic Farnsworth House|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/ed-tobin-cooking-at-the-historic-farnsworth-house/?photo=2|publisher=The Epoch Times|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> ▼
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▲'''The Farnsworth House Inn''' is a [[bed and breakfast]] and [[tourist attraction]] located in [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]]. The building is [[Reportedly_haunted_locations_in_PennsylvaniaReportedly haunted locations in Pennsylvania|purported to be haunted]], which the business uses in its promotional literature.<ref>1{{cite web|last=Plum Auvil|first=Jennifer|title=Haunted Bed and Breakfasts: Slumber With Ghosts at a Spirited Inn|url=http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/romance-and-honeymoons/articles/haunted-bed-and-breakfasts|work=The Travel Channel Romance and Honeymoons|publisher=The Travel Channel|accessdate=24 March 2014}} </ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Mckay|first=Gretchen|title=Historic haunt|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-120675D3E499FEC0.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611132025/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-120675D3E499FEC0.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|accessdate=30 April 2014|newspaper=Post-Tribune (subscription required)|date=April 27, 2008}}</ref> Apart from being an inn, the building has also served as a tourist home and shop.<ref name=TET>{{citecitation webneeded|lastdate=Fine|first=JohnDecember Christopher|title=Ed Tobin, Cooking at the Historic Farnsworth House|url=http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/blog/ed-tobin-cooking-at-the-historic-farnsworth-house/?photo=2|publisher=The Epoch Times|accessdate=30 April 20142020}}</ref>
==History==
===Ownership===
▲[[File:The Farnsworth House Inn.jpg|thumbnail|rightleft|Another view of the inn]]
The land the inn was built on was previously owned by Reverend Alexander Dobbins, who subdivided a larger estate for the purpose of selling it. John F. McFarlane purchased the land and is stated to be the first recorded owner of the home. Portions of the house are said to be dated to the early 1800s and is claimed to have been built in 1810,<ref>{{cite news|last=GORLEWSKIGorlewski|first=SARASara|title=A VISIT WITH GHOSTS OF GETTYSBURG|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23144618.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611135055/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-23144618.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2014|accessdate=30 April 2014|newspaper=The Buffalo News (subscription required)|date=October 26, 1999}}</ref> but the exact date is unclear. McFarlane owned the home until his death in 1851, at which point it became the property of the Bank of Gettysburg. The house passed through the hands of several owners and one of the owners, the Black family, called it the “Sleepy Hollow Inn” with the hook that there were “135” bullet holes in the side of the home.<ref>{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Timothy|title=In the Eye of The Storm"|date=2008|publisher=Farnsworth Military Impression|location=USA|isbn=9781577471356}}</ref> The house was purchased by Loring and Jean Shultz in 1972 and after claiming to have experienced paranormal activity, the family utilized this in the promotion for the inn and conducts tours of the premise.<ref>{{cite web|last=DiPrimio|first=Pete|title=Real men don't fear ghosts - do they?|url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090821/LIVING/908210322|publisher=News Sentinel|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref>
From 1918 to 1958, the property was owned by George Black and was known as the Sleepy Hollow Lodge. During the Civil War, the property was owned by Harvy D. Sweney and his family. In 1972, the house was renamed in honor of [[Elon J. Farnsworth|Brigadier General Elon J. Farnsworth]] by current owner, Mr. Loring Shultz, and remains a bed & breakfast. <ref>{{cite web |last=Smith |first=Tim |date=2008 |title='In The Eye Of The Storm' - The Farnsworth House and the Battle of Gettysburg |url=https://archive.org/details/ineyeofstormfarn0000smit |accessdate=30 April 2014 |publisher=Internet Archive}}</ref>
===Historical aspects===
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</ref><ref>{{cite web |titledate=“InFebruary the5, Eye2009 of|title=Gettysburg's theSweney Storm”: TheHouse (Farnsworth House and the) Battle ofDamage Gettysburg (review)|url=httphttps://www.civilwarnewsgettysburgdaily.com/reviewsgettysburgs-sweney-house-farnsworth-house-battle-damage/2008br/oct/farnsworth_smith_2100803.htm|publisher=Civil War News|accessdate=30 April 2014 |work=Gettysburg Daily}}</ref>
==Paranormal==
[[File:Tour Sign.jpg|thumbnail|right|A stone describing tour options at the inn]]
The Shultz family claims that the inn has been haunted by as many as 16 spirits at one point in time and that each spirit has its own distinct personality and name.<ref>3{{cite book|last=Loeffel-Atkins|first=Bernadette|title=Gettysburg's Haunted Address|date=2008|publisher=Farnsworth Military Impressions|location=USA|isbn=9781577471400}} </ref> The identity of the ghosts range from an 8 year old boy named Jeremy to a former mid-wife nurse and several soldiers.<ref name=WUS>{{cite web|title=Great Ghosts of Gettysburg|url=http://www.weirdus.com/states/pennsylvania/ghosts/ghosts_of_gettysburg/|publisher=Weird US|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref> Paranormal elements that have been reported are things such as the sound of heavy breathing, the smell of [[cheroot]], and the sensation of the mid-wife "tucking" people into bed.<ref name=WUS /> The inn has several rooms that are supposed to be "hot spots" for specific spiritual activity for particular ghosts such as the "Sara Black Room", which is supposed to be one of the most active rooms and will have spirits that can be photographed from the street.<ref>{{cite web|last=McKay|first=Gretchen|title=Gettysburg's haunted address|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/life/travel/2008/04/13/Gettysburg-s-haunted-address/stories/200804130210|publisher=Post Gazette|accessdate=30 April 2014}}</ref>
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