Carroll County Farm Museum

The fields around this former almshouse served as a staging point during the Battle of Gettysburg.

This complex of historic buildings began its existence in 1852 as the Carroll County Almshouse, and served in that capacity until 1965, when it was acquired by the county’s Department of Tourism, and became the Carroll County Farm Museum in 1966. During the week of June 28^th-July 4^th, 1863, it also served as a “point of entry and service center” for both Union and Confederate troops fighting in the Battle of Gettysburg, who filled the surrounding meadows and fields with men, mules, and wagons. The skirmish between General J.E.B. Stuart and a mixed group of Union troops, known as “Corbit’s Charge,” also took place in the fields behind the almshouse on June 29^th, 1863.