Historic Sites Survey, Administrative and Historical Data: Harper Gardens
Snell CW. 1958. Historic Sites Survey, Administrative and Historical Data: Harper Gardens. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park preserves historic resources and commemorates the historic events that occurred at and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park consists of portions of the Lower Town, the former Storer College campus, landscapes associated with the national historical park’s Civil War significance, and lands preserving the historic viewshed down the Potomac River. This historic sites survey concerns the Harper Gardens at Harpers Ferry, located adjacent to the Marmion Row Buildings. The gardens are intended to serve as an interpretive device to portray a mid-nineteenth century garden to visitors.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Snell, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1958-05-16
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAFE , NCR
- Keywords
- Civil War, Gardens, Harper Garden, Robert Harper, Wager, Wager Garden
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 045504: Lower Town; Harper Yard Wall