Strawberry shortcakes served with scoops of ice cream, history at Harrison’s Burtner House

Volunteer Melody Collins, of Oakmont, serves strawberry shortcakes to Kevin and Merritt Birnie, of Fox Chapel, during the Burtner House Strawberry Festival in Harrison on Saturday3.

Craft and food vendors and Civil War reenactors were set up on the grounds of the Burtner House in Harrison for its 47th annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday.

Civil War reenactor Jason Smith, of Shadyside, describes the life of a Union soldier to those attending the annual Strawberry Festival at the Burtner House in Harrison on Saturday.

A coffin is kept in the spring house at the Burtner House in Harrison as a demonstration of how it had been used to keep bodies cool until they could be buried, said Robert Woods Sr., whose fifth-great grandparents, Capt. William Reinhart Smith and Anna Barbara Burtner Smith, had lived in the historic house.

The historic Burtner House and its grounds in Harrison were open for tours during the annual Strawberry Festival on Saturday.

Chuck Counts, of Buffalo Township, takes a picture of his wife, Sue, with President Abraham Lincoln, portrayed by Rick Miller of Cranberry Township, during the Burtner House Strawberry Festival on Saturday.

Lucy Mahdik, a tour guide at the Burtner House in Harrison, discusses the history of the historic home while it was open for tours during the annual Strawberry Festival.