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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCC5_a-government-factory-town-no-longer_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
The destruction of the armory in 1861, followed by four years of Civil War, devastated Harpers Ferry's economy. Attempts at revitalization included a brewery erected here in 1895.
When West Virginia enacted prohibition in 1914, the brewery con…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCC4_armory-workers_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Expanding armory operations in the opening decades of the 19th century resulted in overcrowded and unhealthy living conditions for workers. Families shared inadequate, unventilated housing, while single men slept in the workshops.
To alleviate …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCC0_a-government-factory-town_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Harpers Ferry owed its existence principally to the United States armory, which began producing small arms here in 1801. At its height, this factory produced more than 10,000 weapons a year and employed 400 workers.
The armory affected the ever…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBZ_butcher-shop-and-boarding-house_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Factory officials believed a ready supply of meat for the community was "decidedly advantageous to the interests of the armory." As a result, the armory permitted local businessman Philip Coons to erect a large butcher shop and smoke-house, as wel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBY_jefferson-rock_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Twenty years before Lewis came to town, his mentor, Thomas Jefferson, wrote about the view from this rock. Jefferson's comments on the landscape were published in Notes on the State of Virginia. That book provided a model for Lewis as he recorded …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBX_st-johns-episcopal-church_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
These weathered ruins are all that remain of St. John's Episcopal Church - one of Harpers Ferry's five earliest churches.
Built in 1852 with money provided by church fairs, St. John's served as a hospital and barracks during the Civil War and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBW_st-peters-roman-catholic-church_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad produced an influx of Irish laborers into the Harpers Ferry area during the early 1830's. St. Peter's Catholic Church, completed in 1833, symbolizes America's meltin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBV_shenandoah-street-about-1880_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
(Photo of the buildings along Shenandoah Street about 1880)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCBU_high-street-in-1886_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
(Photo of High Street in 1886)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCB1_springhouses-and-root-cellars_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
These small caves carved into the shale cliffside at one time served as springhouses and root cellars for the residents of this block.
The cooler subsurface temperatures of a root cellar helped preserve herbs, vegetables, and fruits in the day…