National Homestead at Gettysburg

The facility was created by Dr. John F. Bourns after fundraising resulting from the identification of a Battle of Gettysburg casualty's children as Amos Humiston's.

[1] In 1867, Ulysses S. Grant was photographed with orphans at the entrance,[3] and an 1870 Pennsylvania bill was used to fund the facility.

Eventually, the orphanage was turned into the Soldiers National Museum that was once owned by actor Cliff Arquette, who narrated tours of the building, especially the dungeon.

It was also featured as a haunted location on the paranormal TV series, Most Terrifying Places which aired on the Travel Channel in 2019.

Haunted Nights[8], Youtubers Steve Brodt and Dylan Stevens, also investigated here.

Ulysses S. Grant with the boys and girls at National Homestead orphanage, June 21, 1867
Portrait of Frank, Frederick, and Alice Humiston, children of Sergeant Amos Humiston of Co. C, 154th New York Infantry Regiment, who died at the Battle of Gettysburg with the photograph in his hands.