Gettysburg, PA

Excellent commercial rental space in downtown Gettysburg. 

Located just one block from the Gettysburg square and Gettysburg college this space is an excellent opportunity to open a new business or relocate your business into the Gettysburg Borough. 

Eight room office suite located 1 block from Gettysburg College and center square. Features 1654 sq. ft. with 5 fireplaces, half bath, kitchenette, laundry area and additional storage throughout. water/sewer and trash included Tenant pays gas and electric.

No CAM fees.  New paint and carpet throughout.  Road frontage on Carlisle Street and 6 parking spacing at the rear of the property.  Metered street parking available.  Location is convenient to Gettysburg Courthouse, local restaurants, attorney's offices, and medical facilities but is not limited to those uses.  Zoning available upon request. 

Call Dave Monsour for more info @ 717-319-3408. 

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What is a Gettysburg Historic Home

Being a Gettysburg Realtor and specializing Gettysburg historic homes I am often asked "What do specifically consider a Gettysburg historic home?" The answer depends on really on how old a house you are looking for. Many of the homes here in Gettysburg are pre Civil War homes, however there are full neighborhoods such as Colt Park that were built in the 1950's.

You may not consider a home built in the 1950's to be historic but many of todays young home buyers do, those my age may choose the term "nostalgic" home "historic" home. Either way you look at it, Gettysburg Pa has a wide variety of historic home choices. If choose to live in the Gettysburg borough Civil War and actually live in a whole neighborhood of Gettysburg historic homes. You may choose to live farther out of town and purchase a home that was used as a hospital during and after the Battle of Gettysburg. There are over 35 homes in the area that contain markers acknowledging there status as a Civil War hospital.

Perhaps you would like to live in a small town that is on the outskirts of the Gettysburg borough, there are so many wonderful towns within a short drive of Gettysburg borough. The Gettysburg Adams county Pa area is full of opportunity to enjoy living in a historic home in the area. Be sure and contact GettysburgGerry for information about all the different choices of historic neighborhoods here in Gettysburg Pa you can find homes that date to before the .

Gettysburg Battlefield Little Round Top

Little Round Top Is probably the most strategic geographical area on the entire Gettysburg Battlefield. Luckily for Union forces Col. Strong Vincent saw the strategic value of the hill top and made sure that the ground came into and remained in Union hands. Not that the Confederate forces did not try to take the Little Round Top. Two brigades in Maj. Gen. John Bell Hoods division, one under command of Brig. Gen. E.M. Law and another under command of Brig. Gen. J.B. Robertson attacked the western slope of Little Round Top. It is there that the 20th Maine made it's famous stand against overwhelming Confederate odds and held the ground. The 20th Maine under the command of Col. Joshua Chamberlain.

Col. Vincent positioned approximately 1,350 men of the 20th Maine, 83rd Pa, 44th NY, and the 16th Mi. to hold the ground. Vincents last words were to the 389 men that made up the 20th Maine were, "This is the left end of the Union line. You understand? You are to hold this ground at all costs!" Upon completing the command Vincent was struck by a bullet most probably fired by a Confederate sniper hiding in the rocks at Devils Den and killed.

The 20th Maine were not battle hardened soldiers, they were exhausted having spent most of the last 5 days marching over 100 miles, the final 26 the day before the battle. The Alabamians they faced by contrast were one of the best fighting forces in the Confederate army. However the men of the 20th Maine held the ground, the fighting culminating with a bayonet charge. The story of the 20th Maine on Little Round Top is one of the more famous stories to be remembered at the Battle of Gettysburg.

This is the first in a series of videos that GettysburgGerry will producing showing human interest stories, and famous sections of the Gettysburg Battlefield. Be sure to stop back and follow along as GettysburgGerry shares his home, Gettysburg Pa with you all.

Gettysburg Single Family Homes for Sale - List Prices are Up

The list price for single family homes in Gettysburg Pa are up as you can see from the chart below. In late 2008 the median list price for a single family home for sale in the Gettyburg Pa area was approximately $250,000. That list point reached it's peak in December of 2008, however by December of 2009 the listing price for a single family home for sale in the Gettyburg Pa area had dropped to a low of $200,000. Clearly a $50k drop in a 12 month period reflected the overall "health" of the Gettysburg real estate market. By August of 2010 the median list price had recovered to $239k most likely because of the tax incentive offered by the federal government. By the December 2010 time period we seem to have stabilized at approximately $227k.

While this news is not earth shattering, it is good news, eventhough we are not back in tehe $250's we are far from crawling along at the $200k mark.

Gettysburg Median List Price

Gettysburg Home Values - Interactive chart

I recently have been asking the question "What do feel is the biggest obstacle the Real Estate market is facing? The answers have been all over the board, even got one that told me the "real estate market is great". The answer that I thought was right on the money came from John Souerby a broker in Palo Alto, Ca. John says "#1 is jobs, #2 is low interest rates. Interest rates need to go up so that private money will re-enter the mortgage market. When it does, it will lead to easier, but reasonable, loan qualification."

I have to say that I think John has a well thought out realistice answer, not that some of the others weren't, but John just seemed to say it right to the point. From the information we are seeing, the market is doing much better, now if you are selling foreclosures and short sales you are probably booming, but for the sake of a braod stroke I just wanted to see what the general response was. I think we are headed in the right direction, and hopefully things will continue to improve. <!--abb3ecc4e90f481c917932fb85e04feb-->