Historic Building Report, Part II, Historical Data: The Harper House (Bldg. 1a)
Snell CW. 1959. Historic Building Report, Part II, Historical Data: The Harper House (Bldg. 1a). 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 Harper House (Bldg. 1a) in the Lower Town area of Harpers Ferry. This document traces the historical development of the building and the property. This report presents additional documentary evidence relating to the Harper House that has come to light, and shall reinterpret the data originally presented in the Part I study for this house, based on our extensive researches since completed into the history of the Wager family and town from 1796 to 1865.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Snell, Charles
- Date of Issue
- 1959-04-13
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- HAFE , NCR
- Keywords
- Civil War, Harper House, Joseph Harper, Lower Town, Wager Lot
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000549: Lower Town; Bldg. #01A, Harper House
Series
See also
- Historic Grounds Report, Part I: Harper House Yard
- Historic Structures Report, Part II: Harper House (Bldg. 1a)
- Historic Structures Report, Part II: Harper House (Bldg. 1a)