Fairfield Inn (Fairfield, Pennsylvania)
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Fairfield Inn
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Fairfield Inn, April 2011
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| Location | Main St., Fairfield, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 39°46′57″N 77°21′49″W / 39.78250°N 77.36361°WCoordinates: 39°46′57″N 77°21′49″W / 39.78250°N 77.36361°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1787-1789 (the oldest portion) |
| Architectural style | Gothic |
| NRHP reference # | 73001583 |
| Added to NRHP | April 2, 1973 |
Fairfield Inn, also known as The Mansion House, is a historic inn and tavern in Fairfield, Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Fairfield Inn is a 3 1/2-story, stone structure with a gable roof. It features a three-story Victorian Gothic-style porch.
The tavern property was part of a larger tract of land of 247 acres that was conveyed on December 19, 1755 to John Miller, (founder of Fairfield), Charles Carroll of Maryland. Statesman Patrick Henry, known for the final line of his famous speech of "Give me Liberty or give me death" was a visitor of the Inn and relative of John Miller's wife, Isabel Henry Miller. The Inn was used as a meeting house in the 1700s and during the 1800s as a stagecoach stop and drover's tavern on the former Great Road, which connected York, PA, and Hagerstown, MD. It remained part of Maryland until the Mason–Dixon line was drawn in 1767, officially placing Fairfield in Pennsylvania. It served as a Confederate Civil War hospital during the Gettysburg Campaign American Civil War. Innkeeper at the time, Peter Shively filed a claim for damages done to his property by the Confederate Army. These losses included lard, oats, corn, whiskey, brandy, win, gin, and rum. The damages totaled $278. In 1862 General J.E.B. Stuart raided the town of Fairfield and The Fairfield Inn stopping briefly for libations and food. On the retreat from Gettysburg, July 4, 1863, General Robert E. Lee passed through town directly in front of the Fairfield Inn stopping for food and drink and leaving some of the dead and dying Confederate men.
The Fairfield Inn was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 2, 1973. It is located in the Fairfield Historic District. On the Inn's 250th anniversary, August 2007, Governor Ed Rendell personally delivered and presented to the Innkeepers The House of Representatives Citation celebrating 250 consecutive years in business reaffirming the longevity and distinction The Fairfield Inn played in the area's history - attested by PA House Representative Daniel Moul and Speaker of the House, Dennis M. O'Brien.
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