My husband and I stayed at the Inn the weekend of Oct 19 thru the 21st. It was our second time at this hotel.
The first time that we stayed there, we went on a ghost tour, which stopped in front of the hotel. The guide told us about George and that he messes up the bed sheets after the maid makes the beds, and that he turns lights off and on. No big deal.We had no experience with him during our stay that time.
This recent trip was different. We stayed in room 410 facing the street. A bit noisy, but we liked the balcony. At 3:30 am, I woke up to hear an ambulance going down the street with its siren screaming. I thought it sounded loud, I turned over in bed and the hotel room door was open, about two feet.
I woke up my husband, saying" Why is our door open?" He jumped up and shut it, saying"never in my life have I seen anything like this!"
We are 100% positive that the door was locked and that the latch was closed when we fell asleep. Also, because the night was a bit cold, I shut the AC off completely. In the morning, the AC was on and was set at 68 degrees. I don't think we were sleep walking, I really think it was George doing this.
I asked one of the girls who works at the front desk abotu this, she said that is the things that George does, and that it didn't surprise her.
Forget the Farnsworth House, its too pricey, you can get the same spirited adventures at the 1863 Inn!

We stayed Oct. 19 & 20. This was our second time at the Inn, once 5 yrs. ago when it was a Holiday Inn. The staff is excellent, the location Great, comp. breakfast better then most. But the room was, let's say special. We stayed in room 539. It wasn't until the second evening I was informed that the Inn had a few spirited guest. My sister and brother in law were with us staying on the same 5th floor but at the other end. My sister struck up a conversation with the clerk at the front desk who was telling her of the spirited guests they had there. One by the name of George, who liked to hang around on the 5th floor. My son and wife returned shortly there after from a ghost walk, and were telling us that the guide, who took them by the Inn, told them that this Inn had some of the most active spirited guest. I just took it all in stride, smiling, due to being sceptical of all these "ghostly" encounters. Let's just say I'm a bit less sceptical after last night. My son and I fell asleep before my wife. Prior to going to sleep I set my phone alarm to go off at 7:00 a.m. and set it on the bed stand. My alarm went off, and due to it's loud setting I grabbed it quick and hit the snooze and dozed back to sleep.thinking my wife's phone alarm was soon to go off. After probably a minute or two, I don't really know, I groggily woke and thought I'd just better turn mine off, that I would hear her's. So I turned the alarm off the phone and laid it back on the night stand and then looked at my watch and it was 2:30 a.m. Didn't think much of it, other then it seemed odd, and went back to sleep. At approx. 4:30 a.m. I woke again to the sound of the AC kicking on then back off then a few minutes later back on, as though it was attempting to cool the room. I laid there awake, I guess my turning over awoke my wife, she not knowing I was awake look at here phone clock and I asked here if she was OK, she said yes that she had to go to the bathroom. She got up and walked to the bathroom with the light off and the door open she went to sit down and shrieked. I asked what the problem was and she said someone left the seat up. That's possible with 2 males in the room, but when she was the last one to use it after my son and I had both gone to sleep. Well...make of it what you want. When she crawled back into bed, I told her I think George is playing with us tonight. She said tell me about it in the morning. I laid there smiling, because I was told he was a playful kind of "spirit" and only had fun with people who weren't scared. I rolled over and tried to go back to sleep, but the AC kept kicking on and off every few minutes and then I noticed the room was getting cold. I rolled back over got my glasses and looked at the digital temp. on the unit. It read what appeared to be 68 which I had set it on earlier when the room was stuffy. I got up to turn the temp up and the digital setting was 63. Which while laying in bed made it appear to be 68. this is when I really started smiling starting to believe maybe there is something to this guy George. By this time I wasn't going back to sleep so I put on some pants and decided to go outside and see if any of the other claimed sightings were going on. i.e. children running/playing down the outdoor walkway on the 5th floor. or civil war soldiers reenacting a battle going on in a fenced field behind the Inn parking lot. An area where no one should be. I stood on the balcony for awhile but nothing and went down to get some coffee in the lobby until the others woke up. When I went back up, after they had awoke my wife said she wanted to hear about this George stuff. But first she asked me why I had left a pair of my underwear under the sheets at the foot of the bed. Which I informed her I didn't take off any underwear while in bed, I'd believe I'd know if I did. Now I'm really starting to believe there might be something to the George stuff and I was finding it amusing. I told her of the other happenings along with what she had experienced with the toilet seat. We then went off to breakfast. Upon returning to the room to use the restroom and get our bags, my wife and son went first when they were ready they grabbed some bags to take to the car and I went in to use the restroom. While sitting there doing my business I felt, what seemed to be, a cool soft breeze on the back of my calf. It lasted only 2-3 seconds but was noticeable, not thinking I bent to my left and looked at the wall and under the sink for an air vent think it might have kicked on, nothing, so I looked to my right, beside the wall and toilet, nothing, then it dawned on me that there were no vents the AC/heater was at the front door. When I got down to the parking lot I was telling my sister and son about what had just happened and my sister told me in an excited voice, that was one of the things that these ghost/spirits do. I said well it looks like George had fun entertaining me/us last night. Take all this for what it's worth or what you believe but I enjoyed the events and am leaning towards believing there just might be some truth about this fun loving George. I can't find a reasonable explanation for all that happened. If ever we go back to Gettysburg I will most definitely stay at the Inn again. Not because of a chance run in with George again because It's a nice family owned Inn now, with a great location and great staff.

Our family came up for the weekend of the National Applefestival. Once again, the 1863 Inn of Gettysburg was amazing!! The continental breakfast was hot, fresh, and delicious. The view of the town from the top floor is breath taking. Nothing beats the location! You are walking distance from all the local attractions and restaurants, just walk out the front door and you got so much to do!

We were in Gettysburg for the Columbus Day weekend and stayed at the 1863 Inn of Gettysburg. We reserved 3 rooms....we all agreed that the rooms were clean, nicely decorated and had plenty of space. The bathrooms were very clean and well stocked. The Front Desk staff (Sam) was friendly and helpful. The free breakfast had a nice variety of breakfast foods...something for everyone, even the picky ones!!!
The location can not be beat! We were right in the middle of it all. The A/C worked great, very quiet. The house keeping gets 2 thumbs up for all their hard work. I will stay here again.... and I will gladly recommend this hotel to my friends and family. Finally, the view of Gettysburg from the 4th and 5th floors is beautiful. =]