Barn
You may drive by anytime to observe the barn progress.
Please be aware of any caution and danger signs.
The area is under video surveillance.
You may arrange for a private tour to learn about the barn and future goals.
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“Allison-Antrim Museum is tucked into the residential community on South Ridge Avenue across from the Greencastle-Antrim Middle School, and for this reason it is somewhat camouflaged to the passersby. Inside its front door though, lies a gem where one may discover Greencastle-Antrim's Heritage. Admission is free, so it makes the perfect family destination during these difficult economic times. It's location directly across from the GA School District campus also provides opportunities for students at all grade levels with educational field trips. The Pennsylvania Department of Tourism has designated Allison-Antrim Museum an official site on the Pa Civil War Trails of History.”
February 11 Monthly Meeting
Allison-Antrim Museum, Greencastle, Pennsylvania will hold a monthly meeting on Thursday, February 11 in the downstairs social room of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, 130 North Washington St, Greencastle, Pennsylvania beginning at 7 p.m. The facility is wheelchair accessible.
The speaker for the evening will be Bonnie A. Shockey, president of Allison-Antrim Museum. In recognition of Black History month, she will present a PowerPoint program entitled "The UGRR and the Anderson Family of Antrim Township." Traditionally, the Mason-Dixon Line, lying just a few miles south of Greencastle, has divided the Northern states from the Southern states and for thousands of slaves, the Mason-Dixon Line culturally bisected the United States into the land of freedom and the land of slavery. Almost 200 years have passed since families, some known and many still unknown, in this geographical region began harboring runaway slaves. The Underground Railroad, with its high level of secrecy and danger, was an adz which silently chipped away at the institution of slavery one human being at a time.
Timothy Anderson was a conductor on the UGRR in Antrim Township. As the patriarch of the family, Timothy (b. 1796) was a very spiritual man and strict Presbyterian, raised up in that denomination by his father, a Scots-Irishman. Timothy raised his family of six sons and one daughter in the same manner and instilled in each of them the power of self-worth. His eldest son Moses, stayed in this area, made his home in Antrim Township, and also owned and ran a lumber mill about 2 ½ miles south of town. The lumber mill provided work for escaped and freed slaves. One of Timothy's youngest sons, Matthew, left Antrim at the age of 18 and rose to international acclaim when he became the first African American to graduate from Princeton's Theological Seminary. He was ordained by the Carlisle Presbytery in 1878. From Princeton, he went to Yale and attained his Doctorate of Divinity. For over 48 years, the Rev. Dr. Matthew Anderson served the parishioners of the Berean Presbyterian Church in northwest Philadelphia. He established the Berean Manual Training and Industrial School, the Berean Building and Loan Association, and the Berean Retreat.
Attendees to the meeting will learn about the discovery of the UGRR station in Antrim, the Anderson family, and the efforts to have the former Anderson property accepted as a designated site on the National Park Service's Network to Freedom.
The program is open to the public. There is no fee to attend, but donations will be accepted toward Allison-Antrim Museum's annual speaker series.
If there is a threat of inclement weather, notice of cancellation will be posted on the museum's website by Wednesday, February 10 or by calling 717-597-9325. The program will be rescheduled at a later date.
Details will be added as information is received on the following events:
March 11
Eric Whitenburg - "Ulrich Dahlgren"
April 8
Kurtis Myers
May 2
Annual Tea in Barn
May 13
Membership Meeting
July 8
Athena Varounis, Author of Ghosts of Franklin County will
speak on Women in the FBI
July 31 - August 7
Old Home Week schedule to be announced
September 9
Ted Alexander
October 14
November 22
Holiday meeting at Gibbles Restaurant
December 3
Heritage Christmas open house 6:30 - 8:30