File:John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV HABS WVA,19-HARF,2-7.tif

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- John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
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- John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Depicted place West Virginia; Jefferson County; Harpers Ferry
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS WVA,19-HARF,2-7
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  • Significance: This structure was built in 1848 by the government to house the fire engines and watchman's house for the U.S. Armory. In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his followers, having sought refuge in this building, surrendered to Robert E. Lee and a company of U.S. Marines after Brown's unsuccessful attempt to capture the Arsenal. The building was subsequently moved to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893) and then to the Murphy Farm in the Shenandoah Valley above Harpers Ferry. In 1909, the building was acquired by Storer College and relocated on that campus. The age of the various parts of the building cannot be authenticated.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-19
  • Survey number: HABS WV-21-5
  • Building/structure dates: 1848 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1892
  • Building/structure dates: 1895
  • Building/structure dates: 1910
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0084.photos.172463p
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