The Quay House.
What we stand for.Enjoy life’s every moment & make memories with friends and family. Step off the beaten path & enjoy the journey exploring our small town & supporting local.
The Quay House is conveniently located to many attractions in central PA. You can stay in our beautiful home while visiting Hersheypark in Hershey, Pa while also heading South to learn the history of the Civil War in Gettysburg, Pa.
A few fun facts.
Dillsburg residents are obsessed with dill pickles, even though pickles have nothing to do with our town.
Contrary to popular belief, Dillsburg was named after a gentleman called Matthew Dill and not a dill pickle. But that doesn’t stop us from dropping a giant pickle at the stroke of midnight
You can still go to a drive-in movie.
Who says drive-in movies are a thing of the past? As a Dillsburg resident, you have Haar’s Drive-Inn, one of the few remaining drive-in theaters in the U.S., in your backyard. You know there is nothing like a summer evening sitting on the back of the tailgate underneath the stars watching a movie.
Tractors, tractors, and more tractors!
Although we’re located so close to the thriving metropolis of Harrisburg, Dillsburg is a farm community at heart. From the annual tractor parade to the regular tractor pull events at The Grove, it is not unusual to have a tractor holding up traffic at the town square.
History of Quay.
Travel down Route 15 from Harrisburg to Dillsburg, steer off the four lanes that carry thousands of vehicles past that community daily, turn left at the bank & onto Baltimore Street, you’ll find a slightly slower pace. As you continue toward the town square where Baltimore and Harrisburg Streets intersect, you’ll pass a tiny park dedicated to one of the most powerful Pennsylvania politicians of the 19th Century, Matthew Stanley Quay who was born in Dillsburg.
Called a “kingmaker” by President Benjamin Harrison, “Matt” Quay flourished in an era when politics was not under the microscopic scrutiny of the press as it is today. The son of a Monaghan Presbyterian Church minister, Anderson B. Quay, the younger Quay spent his formative years residing in this brick house next door to Quay Park. His childhood home, now on the National Register of Historic Places, was built in 1831.
A historical registry.
The Rev, Anderson B. Quay House meets National Register Criterion C in the area of Architecture as an important northern York County example of 19th-century domestic architecture influenced by Greek Revival, Italianate, and Queen Anne styles.
The residence is an excellent illustration of a mid-19th century townhouse and displays a number of high-style features. About 1880 Italianate windows and door hoods, as well as an ornate two-story bay window and a Queen Anne spindlework porch frieze, were added to the original Greek Revival facade and south elevations to give the house a more currently fashionable appearance. The period of significance begins with the construction of the house in 1831 and ends with the c.1880 date of the alterations.
Who we are.
Welcome to our family adventure. Together, we renovated this beautiful property and are honored to share it with you. We enjoy traveling & discovering new places as a family of 4, well 5 with our Chocolate Lab Dexter. Throughout our adventures, we have been lucky enough to stay in warm and welcoming accommodations. Our hope is for you to have that same experience & feel welcome in The Quay House.
Enjoy making memories with your family and friends.