Mercersburg Academy

Mercersburg Academy is a private, independent college preparatory boarding school and is located just across the street from our comfortable Pennsylvania bed and breakfast. Our lodging is so close, you won’t have to worry about being late for your scheduled tours and interviews. Simply have a wonderful night sleep, wake up and enjoy a full breakfast, and head over to Mercersburg Academy well rested for a great experience.

We are always ready to host students and their parents who come to the area to visit and tour Mercersburg Academy. We understand that visiting a new school can be a tiring and sometimes stressful process. We make sure you have a relaxing place to stay between outings.

In addition to the walking tour, no visit to Mercersburg would be complete without seeing the magnificent American Gothic Chapel on the campus of the Mercersburg Academy. Built between 1924 and 1926 and designed by one of America’s foremost architects, Ralph Adams Cram, the Academy Chapel contains exquisite stained glass windows and oak carvings. They bear the thistle and rose motifs as memorials to the men of Mercersburg Academy who lost their lives in World War I. Carillon recitals on the forty-nine bell carillon in Barker Tower are given weekly on Sundays at 3:00 P.M. when school is in session.

This log cabin was relocated to the campus of The Mercersburg Academy from nearby Stony Batter, the birthplace of James Buchanan, the fifteenth President of the United States, and the only President from Pennsylvania.