Kintner House Hotel
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The Kintner House Hotel, located within the Corydon Historic District
in Corydon, Indiana
, is a historic bed & breakfast. It is on the National Register of Historic Places
since 1987. The present building was built in 1873. The original Kintner House, two blocks away, was where John Hunt Morgan
learned that Robert E Lee lost at the Battle of Gettysburg
.
The Kintner House remained a hotel until 1920 and was used as offices until 1986 when it was extensively restored. It opened as a bed and breakfast in 1987.
Corydon Historic District
The Corydon Historic District of Corydon, Indiana, United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is also known as Indiana's First State Capital and as Historic Corydon...
in Corydon, Indiana
Corydon, Indiana
Corydon is a town in Harrison Township, Harrison County, Indiana, United States, founded in 1808, and is known as Indiana's First State Capital. After Vincennes, Corydon was the second capital of the Indiana Territory from May 1, 1813, until December 11, 1816. After statehood, the town was the...
, is a historic bed & breakfast. It is on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
since 1987. The present building was built in 1873. The original Kintner House, two blocks away, was where John Hunt Morgan
John Hunt Morgan
John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War.Morgan is best known for Morgan's Raid when, in 1863, he and his men rode over 1,000 miles covering a region from Tennessee, up through Kentucky, into Indiana and on to southern Ohio...
learned that Robert E Lee lost at the Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
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The Kintner House remained a hotel until 1920 and was used as offices until 1986 when it was extensively restored. It opened as a bed and breakfast in 1987.