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Allison-Antrim Museum, Inc.

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365 South Ridge Avenue
Greencastle PA 17225
717-597-9010

Allison-Antrim Museum is open Wednesday to Friday, noon to 4 pm and Saturday 10 am to 2 pm.

Allison-Antrim Museum, Inc. was founded in June 1994 and received its 501(c)(3) non-profit status in 1997. The 1860 historic Irwin house was purchased in April 1998. The museum highlights the area's Scot-Irish and Pennsylvania German heritage, along with Greencastle-Antrim's rich history, from the frontier days in the early 1730s, the Revolutionary War, slavery and the Underground Railroad, the Civil War, WWI, and WWII. The Pennsylvania Department of Tourism has designated Allison-Antrim Museum an official site on the Pennsylvania Civil War Trails of History.

11/02/2026

~ Today, November 2, 2026 marks Frances Marion "Dolly" Harris Lesher's 181st birthday having been born in 1845.
~ Dolly is the "only known" Civil-War era Greencastle & Franklin County, and PA woman to be honored with "full military honors" upon her death February 17, 1906 because of her bravery in confronting the Confederates, as thousands of them passed by her home on North Carlisle Street in Greencastle on their way to Gettysburg.
~ Dolly's descendants are certain she was named after Francis Marion - the Swamp Fox, who was a pre-Revolutionary and American Revolutionary War hero. Someone in the family was a history buff.
~ Dolly Harris' home was at 37 N Carlisle St, Greencastle.
~ Dolly tied a Union flag about her waist and as she waved the Union flag at them she called the Confederate soldiers "traitors and scoundrels and dared them to take the flag from her."
~ Knowing the danger of her actions, Dolly hid a dagger in the pocket under her Civil War skirt.
~ Dolly is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in "Chambersburg." It is located north off of Route 30, a block or two west of the square.
~ It is said the Rebel soldiers responded with the old Rebel yell:
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11/01/2026

Wagons Ho!
~PA History is US History: Planes, Trains, Automobiles and...
***Click the 2nd image of the covered wagon for more information.
~ How would you like to travel by Conestoga Wagon "and" drive a team of four to six horses on vacation or to move? ***i.e. four to six horse power.
~ Did you know the Conestoga Wagon was designed and built (mid to late 1700s) by "Pennsylvania German farmers" in the Conestoga River region located in Lancaster County?
~ The wagons could haul up to "six tons!"
~ Think about the difference in time to get from one place to another.
~ What kind of vehicles have you used for travel in the 20th & 21st Centuries on Route 16, aka the Waynesburg, Greencastle & Mercersburg Turnpike.

10/31/2026

It is All Hallows Eve - the day before All Saints Day...and it is Halloween.
~ You never know what lurks around the Irwin House at night.... or day.
~ Spooky stories that have happened in the Irwin House. Is it haunted?
~ When the May family lived here in the 1990s, the voice of a little girl laughing was heard. They named her Sophie.
~ On occasion, a group of children was heard giggling and laughing in the attic.
~ Small trinkets disappeared.
~ Sounds have been heard in broad daylight - repeated knocking at the back door but no one was there.
~ And, furniture being pushed across the wooden floors but no one was there.
~ A gentleman in a top hat and 1800's attire was seen walking the grounds in broad daylight on a Sunday afternoon.
~ A visitor said there are three adults and three children present within the house.
~ I've learned to acknowledge out loud that "someone" is there and move on with my tasks.

10/30/2026

Around Town...
~ Did you have Mr. Witmer for an art teacher?
~ The store was W. H. Witmer & Bros., 9 E Baltimore Street.
~ George Witmer ran the store during the 1950's and roasted peanuts on the street.
~ Charles Witmer, George's brother, helped in the store. Charles was an artist, and art teacher in the Greencastle-Antrim School District, "and" he was Mayor of Greencastle.
~ A large Post Toasties cereal advertising display is in the window. (click the photograph and enlarge.
~ Do you remember the Witmer's grocery store?

10/30/2026

Have you been to the Devil's Race Course?
~ If you've never been, you must seek out this 8th wonder of the world, in "your backyard" - Devil's Race Course near Pen Mar Park, on the border of PA & MD.
~ This postcard, circa 1911, was a donation to Allison-Antrim Museum.

10/29/2026

***What was your favorite thing to order at Potter's?
Potter's Restaurant was a well-known eating establishment for many decades.
~ Its first location was left of the Mason-Dixon Truck Terminal doors, also known as Hicks Chevrolet.
~ Later, Potter's moved to the square in town and "then" to South Carlisle Street.

10/28/2026

When is your next dental appointment? 😳
~ Please bear in mind, there was no Novocain available.
~ Tooth keys: Among the Museum’s Carl Family Collection are three tooth keys.
***To learn how they were used click the first photograph.
~ They were used for extracting upper & lower molars and one key for the upper and lower front teeth.
~ You'll find these tooth keys among the Carl Family Medical Collection in the upstairs Medical Room in the Museum House.

10/27/2026

***You will find this tinsmith stump and tinware just after entering the Barn.
~ This Tinsmith block was used by James H. Craig Sr., father of Dr. James H. Craig.
~ The Craig business was downtown, located for 50 years at 39 East Baltimore Street from 1922 to 1972.
~ Craig bought the existing business, which included plumbing, heating, and tinning of roofs, from J. Lesher. In the front part of the store, home heating stoves that burned coal and wood were sold.
~ When Craig retired, he sold his business to Mec Miller, a Greencastle jeweler, for Miller’s sons. A couple years later the business was again sold to Harry Stephy and Fred Ferry.

10/26/2026

It is not only a G-A treasure but its also a PA treasure.
~ What: A Swab Wagon, made by the Swab Wagon Company, Elizabethville, PA
~ The Swab Wagon Company (established in 1868) is still in business but now makes custom truck bodies for emergency and municipal vehicles and also retrofits emergency vehicles. SW also repairs and restores antique fire equipment.
~ Why was this Swab Wagon added to AA Museum's collections?
~ Because it was sold by Leiter Bros. Greencastle, PA to the great-grandfather of Dough McCulloh, Mercersburg!
~ Doug's grandfather inherited the Swab Wagon in the 1930s-1940s.
~ Leiter Brothers opened their business in February 1904, on the southwest corner of South Carlisle and West Franklin Streets.
~ Thank you very much!! Doug & Lisa McCulloh!!
~ For more information on Swab Wagon, visit: http://www.swabwagon.com/ See less

10/25/2026

The "Donkey" Barn
***The local story of the donkey barn is that the owner contracted with the brick mason to lay the bricks as you see them except the owner was to be depicted riding on a horse. When the owner either didn't pay or didn't pay in full the mason put the owner on a donkey (aka JA).
~ The circa 1849 barn is an example of barn architecture of that era in this geographical area.
~ The Donkey Barn is just past the Conococheague Creek going west, up the hill on the south side of Route 16 and just past Franklin Veterinarian Clinic.
~ The barn is unique to this area.
~ The open brick design provided ventilation.

Address

365 S Ridge Avenue
Greencastle, PA
17225

Opening Hours

Tuesday	11am - 1pm
Wednesday	11am - 1pm
Thursday	12pm - 4pm
Friday	12pm - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 1pm

Telephone

+17175979010

Website

http://www.greencastlemuseum.org/

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