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The Harpers House was near the end of a 20-year run as the only tavern in Harpers Ferry when Lewis arrived. Thomas Jefferson may have been among the first guests to stay here in 1783. If Lewis rented a room in 1803, he was among the last travelers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCAZ_harper-house_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
From this vantage point, a succession of early residents watched Harpers Ferry grow from a tiny village into a thriving industrial community.
In 1775, town founder Robert Harper chose this hillside for his family home because it lay safely abo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCAY_large-arsenal-foundation_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Completed in 1800, the 2 1/2-story, brick arsenal building stored weapons made for the security and survival of a young United States of America. Lewis procured 15 rifles from this stockpile. They were the first and most essential weapons his sold…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC9J_large-arsenal_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Serious problems plagued the weapons stored in this two-story structure built in 1799.
Floods and high humidity posed constant threats. Sparks from wood-burning locomotives presented a fire hazard. Inadequate storage space caused overcrowding a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC94_white-hall-tavern_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Located directly across from the U.S. Armory, the White Hall Tavern was an 1850's community gathering place, where white males debated politics; discussed local events; and protested armory management, wages and layoffs. The tavern's close proximi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC93_armory-paymasters-residence_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Rank has its privileges. The paymaster, second in command at the armory, enjoyed an unobstructed view of the factory grounds and water gap from the substantial brick dwelling erected here about 1800.
Soot and noise disrupted the scene with the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC91_home-of-samuel-annin_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
The U.S. Armory Paymaster's house stood here. Completed in 1802 as a home for the armory's senior administrator, this building was probably the best house in town when Meriwether Lewis arrived in 1803. Lewis may have stayed here and he certainly a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8LA_the-murphy-farm_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Established 1869Alexander Murphy 1840-1931Mollie M. Murphy 1869-1945
Mary Murphy 1834-1908William J. Murphy 1872-1931
Historical events on the Farm:
Battle of Harpers FerrySeptember 13-15, 1862
General Philip Sheridan's FortificationAu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DV_floods_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Waterpower built this town, and the power of the water eventually destroyed it.
The destruction of the Federal Armory during the Civil War began the town's decline. Many people who had left Harpers Ferry during the war did return, only to be dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8DK_arsenal-square_Harpers-Ferry-WV.html
Two brick arsenal buildings, which once housed about 100,000 weapons produced at the Harpers Ferry Armory, occupied these grounds.
Capture of the firearms was the objective of John Brown's 1859 raid.
Eighteen months after Brown's attack, the…