Lincoln Square, Gettysburg
21 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Research updated May 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Casual American pub and restaurant; reservations recommended on weekends.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Downtown sidewalk and restaurant
Equipment
Photos OK
Lincoln Square historic district · Downtown Gettysburg
The Pub & Restaurant occupies a Lincoln Square storefront in downtown Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Lisa Grim, an Adams County resident, opened the current Pub in April 1996 after detailed remodeling that brought out the building's signature deep-blue accent. In January 1997 the dining room and bar were revamped with high-backed booths and a more refined bar atmosphere, and in 1998 a second-floor banquet space was added. Artist Billy Jones painted wall murals featuring children of local Gettysburg contractors and community members.
In February 2001 the Pub was engulfed in flames in a fire that required substantial rebuilding. The restaurant reopened in April 2002 and continues to operate as a downtown Gettysburg pub serving American food and craft beer.
Sources
Local Gettysburg paranormal accounts associate The Pub with a presence in the women's restroom and the kitchen-adjacent areas. Staff have reported doors opening and closing without explanation and lights turning on and off when no one is near the switches. The Shadowlands entry associates the activity with a woman whose death was linked to an earlier rebuild of the building; no public court or newspaper record has been located corroborating that detail, so the account should be treated as oral tradition.
The Pub appears on several Gettysburg downtown ghost walking-tour itineraries, where it is typically presented alongside the Farnsworth House and Tillie Pierce House. Gettysburg's broader paranormal reputation, anchored in Civil War battlefield history, may amplify minor downtown accounts.
Eat at The Pub & Restaurant on historic Lincoln Square in Gettysburg, a stop on multiple downtown ghost walking tours. The Pub was opened in 1996 by Lisa Grim, expanded with a second-floor banquet space in 1998, and rebuilt after a February 2001 fire, reopening in April 2002.
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