Farnsworth House Inn - Gettysburg, PA

Sleep Inside One of Gettysburg’s Most Haunted Hotels

In the heart of Gettysburg, where the echoes of battle still seem to linger, The Farnsworth House Inn offers far more than a historic overnight stay—it offers one of America’s most legendary haunted hotel experiences. Built before the Civil War and scarred by the Battle of Gettysburg, this storied inn is known for ghostly footsteps, shadowy soldiers, whispered voices, and spirits believed to still roam its halls. For haunted hotel enthusiasts seeking a stay where history and the paranormal meet under one roof, few destinations compare.

Few haunted inns in America combine documented Civil War history and active paranormal tourism as powerfully as Farnsworth House-Civil War Campsite.

The original house dates to 1810, with its brick section added in 1833. During the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Confederate sharpshooters occupied the house’s garret. More than 100 bullet holes remain visible in the exterior brickwork today. The house subsequently served as a field hospital for wounded Union and Confederate soldiers.

Today, you can sleep here, tour the garret and cellar, hear its ghost stories—and even participate in an organized four-hour paranormal investigation.

BestHauntedHotels.com Verdict

This is a 10/10 property.

Unlike hotels whose haunted reputation rests on one ghost story, Farnsworth House combines a genuine battlefield location, physical evidence of combat, multiple paranormal hotspots, named spirit traditions, overnight lodging and property-sanctioned paranormal investigations.

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Jeremy — The Child Spirit

One of the inn’s signature spirits is a child known as Jeremy.

This isn’t merely a story copied from an outside paranormal website. Farnsworth House itself embraces the Jeremy tradition and has actually named a guestroom Jeremy’s Room after the child spirit said to inhabit the property.

In the haunted cellar, visitors leave coins near an antique casket in Jeremy’s memory. The inn says the collected money is donated annually to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

Jeremy’s historical identity should still be treated as paranormal tradition rather than documented Civil War biography.

But the inn’s recognition of him makes Jeremy one of the strongest spirits to feature prominently on your listing.

Jeremy’s Room – Our #1 Pick

Stay Where the Inn’s Child Spirit Is Remembered

For a BestHauntedHotels.com visitor, Jeremy’s Room would be my first booking recommendation.

It’s located within the original Main House, which contains six of the inn’s rooms in the historic 1810–1833 structure.

Even better from a conversion standpoint:

The inn itself names the room for Jeremy and explicitly describes him as the child spirit believed to reside in Farnsworth House.

Other Main-House Rooms

The historic house also includes rooms such as:

Sara Black Room • Sweney Room • Shultz Room

If Jeremy’s Room isn’t available, I would recommend another Main House room before accommodations in the property’s other buildings.

👻 For the strongest haunted experience, try to reserve Jeremy’s Room inside the original historic house.

👻 Most Haunted Areas

The Haunted Cellar

If there’s one place I’d tell paranormal travelers not to miss, it’s the cellar.

Farnsworth House conducts a dedicated Haunted Cellar Tour here. The space is maintained at roughly 58°F and has been arranged as a Victorian viewing parlor with an antique coffin, old photographs, church pews and period objects.

Visitors can also look for the coins left for Jeremy between the casket and mirror.

For someone staying overnight, touring this cellar before returning upstairs to Jeremy’s Room would make an exceptional haunted-hotel experience.

The Garret — Confederate Sharpshooters

The garret provides the listing’s strongest connection between haunting and documented battlefield history.

During the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate sharpshooters occupied the house and fired from the upper portion of the building toward Union positions.

Guests can now enter the garret during certain official tours.

And that leads to the property’s most chilling historical mystery.

From Hotel to Field Hospital

The fighting wasn’t the end of Farnsworth House’s Civil War story.

After the battle, the property served as a field hospital for wounded soldiers from both armies.

That means this isn’t simply a building that happened to exist near a battlefield.

People fought around it.

Bullets struck it.

Sharpshooters occupied it.

Wounded men were treated inside it.

And those events occurred in the same historic structure where guests can still spend the night.

Lincoln Passed the House

Just months after the battle, on November 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln traveled through Gettysburg to dedicate the Soldiers’ National Cemetery.

His procession passed Farnsworth House on the way to the cemetery, where he delivered the Gettysburg Address.

It’s another extraordinary piece of history packed into one relatively small property.

Investigate the Inn Yourself

Here’s where Farnsworth House separates itself from most haunted hotels.

The inn currently offers an official Paranormal Night lasting approximately four hours.

Participants receive an introduction to ghost-hunting equipment and investigate locations including the:

Garret • Cellar • Other active areas

Guests are even permitted to bring their own paranormal equipment. The program is limited to guests 16 and older.

For your audience, that’s a huge selling point.

BestHauntedHotels.com Ghost Hunter Pick

Book a Main House room + Haunted Cellar Tour + Paranormal Night.

That turns a hotel stay into an entire paranormal weekend without leaving the property.

A Birthplace of Gettysburg Ghost Storytelling

Farnsworth House describes itself as the “Birthplace of Ghost Storytelling in Gettysburg.”

The inn has offered ghost tours for decades and has appeared in paranormal and historical programming from networks including Travel Channel, History, A&E, Discovery and BBC.

Unlike a hotel that quietly tolerates its haunted reputation, Farnsworth House actively incorporates its supernatural history into the guest experience.

That’s one reason I would give it your highest rating.

What the Stay Is Like

Farnsworth House currently offers 12 individually decorated rooms across three historic buildings.

Six are located in the original Main House. Overnight stays include a full breakfast, complimentary guest parking and access to one of downtown Gettysburg’s most historic locations.

Guests also have multiple dining options right on the property:

Meade & Lee Fine Dining Rooms — period-inspired dining
Sweney’s Tavern — casual historic tavern
Outdoor Beer Garden — seasonal/open-air experience

For a haunted-hotel traveler, you could easily spend an entire evening here without getting into a car.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Farnsworth House really haunted?

It has one of Gettysburg’s strongest paranormal reputations. More importantly, the inn itself acknowledges its hauntings, offers ghost tours and operates organized paranormal investigations.

What is the most haunted room?

There isn’t a scientifically established “most haunted” room, but Jeremy’s Room is our #1 recommendation because the inn itself names it after the child spirit said to inhabit Farnsworth House.

Can guests investigate the property?

Yes. Farnsworth House currently offers organized Paranormal Nights with access to areas including the garret and cellar.

Can you visit the attic?

Yes. The Historic House Tour includes garret access, along with the cellar and Civil War artifacts.

Are the bullet holes real?

More than 100 battle-era bullet holes remain visible in the exterior brickwork.

Is Farnsworth House currently open for overnight stays?

Yes. Its current booking inventory includes 12 rooms, with six in the historic Main House.

👻 BestHauntedHotels.com Ghost Rating

10 / 10 — Elite Haunted Hotel Experience

Farnsworth House has nearly everything I would want before awarding your highest Ghost Rating: authentic 1810/1833 structures, direct Battle of Gettysburg history, 100+ surviving bullet holes, Confederate sharpshooters, field-hospital history, named spirit traditions, multiple paranormal hotspots, official ghost programming and full paranormal investigations.

Most importantly, paranormal travelers can actually sleep inside the historic house.

This isn’t merely an old hotel with a ghost story attached.

The haunted history is part of the experience.

Why Ghost Enthusiasts Should Stay Here

Imagine spending the afternoon looking at Civil War bullet holes still embedded in the wall.

Then climbing into the garret where Confederate sharpshooters once took position.

After dark, descend into the cellar where visitors leave coins for a child spirit named Jeremy.

Spend four hours investigating the property.

Then, when everyone else goes home, walk upstairs.

Open the door to Jeremy’s Room.

And sleep inside a house that survived one of the bloodiest battles in American history.

Farnsworth House is one of America’s Ultimate Haunted Overnight Experiences.

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