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Nearby Attractions
- The Orris House Inn is located a short drive from the Yellow Breeches creek, home to some of the best trout fishing you can find in the
United States. You’ll also find areas to put in a canoe or go picnicking. The Appalachian Trail is just a few miles west on Main Street. We’re
a short drive from Harrisburg, the state capital, where you’ll find restaurants, theatre, music, sporting events and the Civil War Museum. For
those interested in the Civil War, is ½ hour south on Rt. 15. Lancaster County, home to the Amish and
their beautiful farmlands is a 40 minute drive to our east. You can enjoy all the fun and attractions at which is about ½ hour
east. Head 15 minutes west to Carlisle, home to great architecture, Dickinson College, the Army War College and antique and collectible
shopping. About 40 minutes south of the Orris House Inn is the charming little town of New Oxford, Central Pa.’s antiques capital. Historic
Boiling Springs with its beautiful town center and the Boiling Springs Tavern is a short 10 minute drive away down country roads.
Many of the period Victorian furnishing in the inn came from local antique dealers, including, ,
Victor Victorian, Golden Lane Antiques, and Collector's Choice Antiques, all in New Oxford.
For information on Mechanicsburg, Carlisle, and points east to Harrisburg, visit Cumberland Valley Visitor Information
For information on New Oxford's many wonderful antique shops, go to New Oxford Antiques Dealer Association
| For more information call Kevin Jackson, Innkeeper, (717) 798-2157 or email orrishouseinn@yahoo.com |
Mechanicsburg, PA (Cumberland County Pennsylvania)
- Located 10 miles west of Pennsylvania's capital city of Harrisburg, Mechanicsburg is a charming borough of 9,800 residents.
Civil War buffs know Mechanicsburg as the most northern point reached by the Confederate Army during the Civil War. In June 1863 on the
march to the Battle of Gettysburg, Confederate forces took over the town granary and used it for a hospital. The granary is now Joseph T.
Simpson Public Library, housing a collection of pictures and information about our town. For more information on the library, go to Simpson
Library History.
Mechanicsburg boasts a remarkable collection of colonial and Victorian buildings, with a special concentration of Victorian tower homes. Our
charming Main Street has been used in movie sets, most notably in the 1999 film Girl Interrupted, featuring Angelina Jolie and Winona
Ryder. You can still visit Eckel's Drug Store, the scene of the ice cream parlor in the film.
For more information about our town history, visit the Mechanicsburg Museum Association web site, Mechanicsburg History.
Each June since 1923, Mechanicsburg has hosted the largest one day street fair in the eastern United States. As many as 60,000 people
flood Main and Market Streets for Jubilee Day festivities. This year's Jubilee Day is scheduled for Thursday, June 21, 2007. For more
information visit the Mechanicsburg Chamber of Commerce web site. (The Inn is just west of the boundaries of the festivities, close enough
to participate but preserving our quiet gardens.)
Best Kept Secrets for the Young at Heart
- Central Pennsylvania has a diverse economic base. State government, historic sites, agricultural bounty and the entertainment and
hospitality industry combine to make a terrific location to live and to visit. Tucked away are some treasures that don't always make the big
visitor web sites.
Walk over the pedestrian bridge from downtown Harrisburg to City island sits in the middle of the broad Susquehanna River,
with parks and playgrounds, swimming beaches, carriage rides, wonderful miniature golf, miniature train rides, riverboats, water sport rental
center and is home to the Senator's baseball stadium.
A trip to Gettysburg is not complete without visiting
If you happen to visit midweek, you can take a :45 minute drive and take the Snyder's of Hanover factory tour to see pretzel making in action.
Not far away in Hanover is Utz's factory. See chips, pretzels, cheese puffs - all your favorites - being made. Snyder's of Hanover; Utz's