Not long ago, the Hopkins House in Gettysburg - the last remaining Civil War-era log cabin that had been owned by Black citizens - was scheduled for demolition.

Instead, thanks to community activists, historians and fundraisers, the nearly 200-year-old building in the historically Black neighborhood of the Third Ward is being preserved as a museum.

Community leaders and guests gathered on Oct. 4 to announce the Hopkins House Museum capital campaign, which will raise the money necessary to renovate and preserve the historic building.

When completed, it will become the first museum in Gettysburg devoted to the area’s Black history, and will showcase the original construction materials of a Civil War-era home, along with state-of-the-art exhibits.

In a press release from the Gettysburg Hi

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