Historic Building Report, Part II, Historical Data: John E. Daingerfield House (Bldgs. 36 and 36a)

Snell CW. 1959. Historic Building Report, Part II, Historical Data: John E. Daingerfield House (Bldgs. 36 and 36a). 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 Structure Report concerns the John E. Daingerfield House (Bldgs. 36 and 36a), a two story brick house in Lower Town, Harpers Ferry. The report recommends that the building be called the John E. Daingerfield House, after the name o the Paymaster's Clerk who was residing in the house at the time of the John Brown Raid in 1859 and who was taken prisoner by Brown.

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Published Report
Authors
Snell, Charles
Date of Issue
1959-03-10
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
HAFE , NCR
Keywords
brick, Civil War, John Brown, John Brown Raid, John E. Daingerfield, Lower Town, quarters, Shenandoah Street, Wager
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 000550: Lower Town; Bldg. #36, New Master Armorer's Qtrs

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