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Barn Project and web cams
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Museum Hours:
● Second Sunday of each month
1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.
● One Thursday each month
Noon - 3:00 P.M.
● Any other time by appointment
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Handicap information
Last
update: April 21, 2008
Please join other guests for an afternoon tea
on Sunday, May 4 from 1 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Tables will be set up in the
center bays of the reconstructed 1860s German bank barn on the property of
Allison-Antrim Museum, 365 South Ridge Avenue. The tea will be the
inaugural event at the barn site.
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painting presented to AAMI
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Allison-Antrim
Museum,
located in Greencastle, PA, provides a home
for the artifacts, treasures, and history of Greencastle - Antrim. With the founding of AAMI, the future of our
historical legacy will be more secure.
Allison-Antrim Museum, Inc.
365 South Ridge Avenue
Greencastle, PA 17225
717-597-9010
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Directions
Note: For
those looking for
Antrim, PA, click here.
Looking West on Rt 16 towards
Greencastle.
Greencastle Livestock barn on left.
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Ulsterscots of Cumberland Valley
History and Genealogy
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Walter Washington Smith
His
paintings have hung
in
renowned galleries in both
United States and France.
He operated a
studio in
Greencastle and painted
many local scenes.
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Carl's Drug Store
Oldest, continuously, operated
drug store in the United States
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The grand piano of Philip Baer,
well known opera singer and
founder of Greencastle's
Old Home Week.
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Benjamin Franklin's signature.
AAMI has a sizeable collection
of Pennsylvania Governors'
Signatures dating
from
1715 to 1979.
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Allison is John Allison, the founder of Greencastle.
Antrim is the surrounding township.
Barn Project
Construction of a facility which will house:
● climate-controlled storage,
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curatorial and conservation
areas,
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meeting and workshop area,
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and more exhibit space.
Barn webcam
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Town Hall 1871 - 1875
Construction of the Town Hall building was completed in 1871. The
building was sold in 1913 and renovated with apartments on the second and
third floors. The venerable Town Hall building would have been 135
years old in 2006. Sadly, the building burned in the early morning
hours of Thursday, January 26, 2006. There was no loss of life.
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"Snowing" is Smith's
most famous painting.
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Henry P. Fletcher, born in
Greencastle, rode with
Teddy
Roosevelt and the
Rough Riders. He also served
51 years under eight
presidents
as a U.S. ambassador to four
countries and held various
secretarial positions.
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