Historic Grounds Report, Part II, Landscape Data: Portions of Shenandoah and Potomac Streets and the Arsenal Square
Myers BB. 1965. Historic Grounds Report, Part II, Landscape Data: Portions of Shenandoah and Potomac Streets and the Arsenal Square. Historic Grounds Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. National Capital Regional Office
Historic Grounds Report for Portions of Shenandoah and Potomac Streets and the Arsenal Square at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. This report deals primarily with the Arsenal Grounds, a portion of Shenandoah and Potomac Streets, and related landscape features in this vicinity of Harpers Ferry. Existing physical evidence of historic grounds conditions for this period (1859-1865) is very limited due to the numerous changes that have engulfed the town, the people, and the nation during the past hundred years. The landscape data that this report attempts to clarify includes: streets, pavings, walks, gutters, fences, walls, lamp posts, trees, shrubs, grassing, benches, and related landscape features. On the following page an unnumbered vicinity map indicates the limit of work that can be included at this time. The reader should also consult the Historical Base Map - 1859 and Plan of Existing Conditions, February 1958. The Arsenal Square was fenced on the east, along Wager reffy Lots Nos. 2, 4, and 5, by a high stone wall that had been erected in 1825-26. A gate in that wall led out into Potomac Street, crossing over Wager Lot No. 3 to reach the street. The Square was walled in on the south side, along the Winchester and Potomac Railroad tracks by a high stone wall that had been erected in 1856-57. In 1857, the Square was enclosed on the north, or Shenandoah Street side, by a brick pier and iron paling fence. This wall is no longer standing, but archeological excavations were conducted in May 1965. The wall may be seen in the 1859 photograph.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Myers, Bruce
- Date of Issue
- 1965-05
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAFE , NCR
- Keywords
- Armory Tract, Contraband Camp, Fences, Gutters, Lamp posts, Lower Town, Pavings, Potomac Street, Restoration, Shenandoah Street, Street, streetscape, Walks, West Virginia
- Subjects
- CRIS-CL: 600063: Harpers Ferry - Lower Town