The Castle Celebrates The National Road Festival
May 18th-19th-20th!
History Tours! Ghost Tours! Spaghetti Dinner!
Visit The Colonial & Civil War Encampments!
Wednesday, April 25th 2012: While you're out celebrating the National Road Festival weekend (May 18-19-20), make sure to include historic Nemacolin Castle in your landmark tour schedule.
Take your pick of either history or ghost tours --- or both! --- and come to the castle either Friday, Saturday or Sunday during the Road Festival weekend. History tours will be conducted from 12:00pm to 5:00pm all three days, while ghost tours will run from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. All tours are $8.00 for adults/$4.00 for children 12 & under.
Visit the free Colonial and Civil War encampments right on the castle's main lawn during the National Road Festival. This is a great photo opportunity for family and friends. And educational, too!
On Friday May 18th, from 4pm to 8pm, Nemacolin Castle will host another of its popular Spaghetti Dinners. Plates are $7 for adults & $4 for children 12 & under. Take Out plates will be available. All proceeds benefit Nemacolin Castle & the Brownsville Historical Society. For more information, call 724-785-6882.
The castle is always open during the Springtime with History Tours regularly conducted on Saturdays & Sundays from 12 pm to 5 pm. Tours are $8.00 for adults/$4.00 for children 12 and under. Beginning Friday, June 1st, tours will be conducted Fridays as well as Saturdays & Sundays. Same tour rates apply.
After visiting Nemacolin Castle make sure you complete your Brownsville Landmark trip with a hearty meal at the Thompson House Restaurant & Tavern, located just five minutes from the castle on Water St. in Brownsville's South Side district. Quality dining in a colonial atmosphere, the perfect way to complete your day. Visit their website here.
Do you have a special event coming up such as a wedding (check out our pictures of the Gadish wedding on castle grounds), large family gathering or other photo opportunity where the historic backdrop of Nemacolin Castle might serve to enhance the celebration. For instance, a graduation photo session on the spacious castle lawns combined with a picnic and tours of the registered landmark's interior, transforming a normally a long, grueling day into a fun filled family afternoon. Or perhaps the castle's gazebo can serve as center stage for a meeting of your public service organization. Contact Nemacolin Castle's tour coordinator at 724-785-6882 to make arrangements and discuss available dates and fees, should any apply. Permission for events held on castle grounds must be secured and approved by the Historical Society in advance (at least a week, two or more weeks for complicated projects, such as concerts).
The Brownsville Historical Society operates historic Nemacolin Castle at 136 Front St. in Brownsville, Pa. Come visit us! Take a tour. Shop the gift shop. Step back in time to America's frontier period. Located just off U.S. Route 40 (locally called Market St.) in Brownsville, PA, Nemacolin Castle is also a registered Pennsylvania historic landmark. Tours of the castle interior and its spacious grounds are provided by enthusiastic groups of volunteers throughout the year (see schedule page).
Brownsville, PA has the distinct honor of listing two of its districts in the National Register of Historic Places: the downtown Brownsville Historic District and Brownsville's Northside Historic District. These areas includes 315 unique structures inside a two square mile area. Within this boundary, four sites have National Register of Historic Places registration: Nemacolin Castle, the Historic Church of St. Peters, the Dunlap Creek Bridge, and the Intercounty Bridge.
The castle is always looking for volunteers (both young and old) interested in preserving Brownsville's living history. If you would like to join this elite group who are the caretakers of your past, become a member of the Brownsville Historical Society. Fill out an application today.
