As part of the deal to establish Gettysburg as the county seat the Getty family donated this land for a county prison. A two-story bastille-like building was erected in 1851 to replace the original detention center. On July 2, 1863. Confederate General Robert E. Lee held a war council in the building. Following the battle, the prison was utilized by the Union Army provost marshal to retain soldiers and civilians charged with violating martial law. In 1889 the County enlarged the front of the building to three stories and continued its use until 1948. The county library moved in for the next 40 years and most recently it has served as a municipal office building.
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