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Chambersburg Borough Hall and Clock Tower
Ewingjr98 Says: In 1831 this building, formerly the Old Market House, was constructed and opened for business. In 1930, the borough began using the building for its public offices, and by 1945 the borough occpied the entire building and the market was displaced. The hall is home to the city...
Civil War History--John Brown to JEB Stuart
Ewingjr98 Says: The historical markers at the edge of town read, in part:Chambersburg.Scene of CivilWar events: Raided by "Jeb"Stuart, 1862; occupied byConfederates in 1863; andburned by them in 1864.Prior to the Civil War, Chambersburg was the site of some Underground Railroad activity....
Ewingjr98 Says: The original Franklin County Courthouse was completed in 1794 on land purchased from the town's founder, Benjamin Chambers. The plain brick structure was replaced in 1842 by a Greek Revival structure with stone walls and columns. This second courthouse was burned on July 30,...
Ewingjr98 Says: Memorial Fountain was built in the middle of the Chambersburg town square and dedicated on July 17, 1878. The fountain was created to honor Civil War soldiers, and it features a Union soldier facing south, the direction of the Confederate men who destroyed the town.Nearby on...
Franklin County World War I Memorial
Ewingjr98 Says: This statue of a World War I doughboy stands on the eastern side of the Chambersburg Historic District, looking towards the battlefields of Europe. The plaque reads:They shall live forevermoreour glorious dead1917 1919andErected to the memory of the men and women of Franklin...
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zachsgrandma Says: I have been in many fancy 'so called' Mexican restaurants in south Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, and southern California, and the food here was what I remembered during all my trips to Mexico! It was fresh and fabulous. The fiesta plata was devine. I got the beef chimmi, one...
davecallahan Says: I hate going into this place to eat. The food is okay but the acoustics are so bad that it sounds like a swarm of people even when only six tables are filled. The decor is industrial; high ceilings with metal beams; no partitions or wall hangs (except for a couple of...
Schoenberger's Restaurant: quiet lunch
davecallahan Says: This was a nice, quiet, upscale restaurant just perfect for us to catch a light lunch.We were in car-travel clothes (neat, clean, but very casual) and felt a little underdressed here.The decor was modern dark hardwood with crisp white table cloths. The waitress was very...
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Top brand stores in this mall are:
Sears, Bon-Ton, Value City, JC Penney.
There are three restaurants and several junk food places (candy,ice cream,pretzels).
The mall has its own multi-screen theater called CarMike.
When we visited several years ago, the mall was packed with stores.
When I checked the website below, it showed that many of the more popular stores had moved out and left many vacancies. Maybe that is just a sign of the times or may indicate some economic pressure on the Chambersburg area.
They still have feature attractions like entertainment and the Easter Bunny to draw people into the mall but even the events calendar was sparse in entries.
Written Apr 18, 2007
Website: http://www.shopchambersburgmall.com/
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To be safe you need information and common sense.
The crime stats for Chambersburg indicate it is about average for risk compared to similar towns in Pennsylvania and slightly more risky than the average U.S. city.
Rape and Assault are the major crimes most often reported. Larceny and Burglary are the non-violent crimes most prevalent in the area.There are 30 sex offenders in the Chambersburg area.
(Their locations are registered in the website below. If you travel with children you may want to check it out.)
So, now that you have the information, use common sense: lock your car doors, use the latch-chain in the motel room, don't let the kids wander without adult supervision, put valuables in the motel lockbox. Never wander alone into an unfamiliar area or late at night.
Be smart, be safe and have a good vacation in Chambersburg.
Updated Apr 18, 2007
Website: http://www.city-data.com/so/so-Chambersburg-Pennsylvania.html
RailFan Says: Jim's Market in the old railorad roundhouse is a real farmer's market. It is open only during the day on Friday and Saturday. You will find many Amish and Mennonite specialties. They have the best bratwurst (farmer's sausage) you can find!
The Butcher Shop is a great...
RailFan Says: The Butcher Shop is a great butcher shop and much more. In addition to phenomenally good meats they have excellent home-made Pennsylvania Dutch specialties. Try the chicken-corn soup, Montgomery pies, shanty beans, red beet eggs......
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Chambersburg -- burned by the Confederates!
Chambersburg is a small town in south central Pennsylvania with about 18,000 residents. The town was settled in 1730, and it has an interesting history with involvement in the French and Indian War,...
I have yet to stop off in the Chambersburg area when there wasn't some kind of major road construction going on and massive traffic jams along US30 or route 316. The town is a typical midscale...
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