Chambersburg Heritage Center
Exhibit Areas - Original Art Work - Walking & Driving Tours - Gift Shop - Children's Activity Room
The Heritage Center at 100 Lincoln Way East is an excellent starting point for exploration of the region, particularly its history. This historic building located on the southeast corner of Chambersburg's Memorial Square in the National Historic District is a renovated 1915 marble bank building, the former Valley National Bank. The building was designed by the Philadelphia architectural firm of Furness Evans & Company. The Chambersburg Heritage Center is an interpretive center, explaining five areas of historical merit in Chambersburg and Franklin County. The Chambersburg Heritage Center opens the door to the distinctive history of Franklin County and its communites.
Brochures are available in the Heritage Center gift shop focusing on:
Frontier History - In the 1700s, Chambersburg was the frontier. People came to the Cumberland Valley for religious freedom, personal freedom and a better way of life. Scots-Irish immigrants came first, followed by Germans. The land was lush and beautiful with fertile valleys, abundant water, wildlife, game and fish. The Indians called it Kittatinny, meaning "endless hills." As the 18th century progressed, tension between the British and the French involved the Indians. Both private and provincial forts were built to inhibit Indian raids. Explore Chambersburg as the frontier in this exhibit.
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