CVB returns to Historic Gettysburg Train Station
Building will remain open as visitor information center, museum
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 1/18/2011
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Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau
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The Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced it will be taking over operations of the Historic Gettysburg Train Station, at 35 Carlisle St., as a visitor information center.
For the Gettysburg CVB, this move comes 10 years after the nonprofit organization vacated the building when the Borough of Gettysburg purchased the station and completed significant renovations.
Beginning Feb. 3, 2011, operations of the building – previously run by the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission – will be handled by the Gettysburg CVB. Funding of those operations, however, will still be handled by the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in 2011.
“It is important that this historic structure be open to the community and to the millions of visitors to Adams County,” said Norris Flowers, President of the Gettysburg CVB. “Its use as a visitor information center is ideal for Gettysburg.”
The Gettysburg CVB will move its visitor information center and staff from the David Wills House to the Gettysburg Train Station, effective Feb. 3. Previously, the organization provided visitor information at 102 Carlisle St., and at the Train Station from 1955 to 2001.
The Borough of Gettysburg will maintain its ownership of the Gettysburg Train Station, however, the borough is awaiting Congressional approval for the sale of the train station to the Gettysburg National Military Park.
The Gettysburg Train Station was built in 1859 and served as the western terminus of the Gettysburg Railroad line to Hanover, Pa. President Abraham Lincoln arrived to the train station on Nov. 18, 1863 to deliver what would become known as the Gettysburg Address.
The Gettysburg CVB plans to keep the train station open to the public as both a visitor information hub and museum.
“We are happy to play a role in keeping this building open to the public,” said Flowers. “Its proximity to the downtown area, parking garage and the Freedom Transit trolley transfer center, will be a great benefit to the visitors and residents of Adams County.”
The Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau, the official tourism promotion agency, markets Gettysburg – Adams County as a premier travel destination, producing a positive economic impact.
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