Schriver House Museum- Gettysburg, PA
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N 39° 49.589 W 077° 13.871
18S E 309056 N 4410880
The mission of the Shriver House Museum is to provide an often overlooked perspective of the Battle of Gettysburg, the civilian experience during and after one of the deadliest and most historic battles ever fought on American soil.
Waymark Code: WMA1HK
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member MikeGolfJ3
Views: 6

The Shriver House Museum is located in the Historic District halfway between Lincoln Square in the center of town and the National Park Visitors Center. Tours of the Museum are conducted by guides in period attire. When I visited on Friday, the house was open and I walked inside but didn't see anyone around so I left abruptly.

The Shriver House Museum is open seven days a week, April through Remembrance Day (mid-November). Groups of ten or more with advance reservations, however, are welcome any time throughout the year. There is also a museum shop located adjacent to the home and I think that may have been the part of the house I entered. There are two identical 19th century brick homes right next to each other.

This historic, Civil War house is marked by an interpretive courtesy of Main Street Gettysburg© and tells the tale of the home, its owners and the property's part in the Battle of Gettysburg. This sign of history/interpretive is part of a much larger series which tells the tale of the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of its citizens and their recollections and stories. This sign is in front of the Shriver house/museum, on the sidewalk. The SOH reads:

This 1860 home was the wartime residence of George and Hettie Schriver. The cellar housed Schriver's Saloon and Ten-pin Alley.

At the time of the battle, George was away serving in Cole's Cavalry. In the early afternoon of July 1st Hettie took her daughters, Sadie and Mollie, along with neighbor Tillie Pierce, to seek refuge at her family's farm by Little Round Top.

Confederate soldiers commandeered her home and set up a sharpshooter's position. For the next two days they exchanged rifle shots with their Union adversaries on Cemetery Hill, firing from makeshift portholes knocked through the south attic wall. Their deadly game was not played without a cost. John Rupp, a neighbor noted in a post battle letter that Union snipers "...killed two up in Mr. Schriver's house.."

Bloody fighting conducted from their home would not be the last of the war's cruel fate to touch the Schriver family. On January 1, 1864, Sergeant George W. Schriver was captured during a skirmish with Mosby's Rangers in Virginia and imprisoned at Andersonville, Georgia.

This 1860 house, constructed with a saloon and ten-pin alley, was the wartime residence of George and Henrietta Shriver

Theme:
Cultural History


Street Address:
Shriver House Museum 309 Baltimore Pike Gettysburg, PA USA 17325


Food Court: no

Gift Shop: yes

Hours of Operation:
April Through Remembrance Day (November 20, 2010 ) Monday through Saturday: 10:00 am until 5:00 pm Sunday: Noon until 5:00 pm December Saturdays through December 18, 2010: 10:00 am until 5 pm Museum Shop: 10:00 am until 10:00 pm Candlelight Christmas Tours - Saturday evenings at 5, 7, & 9 pm Reservations recommended Groups of ten or more are welcome any time throughout the holiday season


Cost: 8.00 (listed in local currency)

Museum Size: Small

Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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