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? ? Lower Town Harpers Ferry Trail Guide LOWER TOWN HARPERS FERRY TRAIL GUIDE Visitor Center POTOMAC parking 2 miles Park Boundary S Harper h Cemetery Train e 24 n Church Street Station a Jefferson n d Rock o Shops a ARMORY SITE h Shops Armory Potomac Street Dwelling St. John’s High Street 6 House Church ruins WESTVIRGINIA MARYLAND Canal Presbyterian Church ruins RIVER Shenandoah Street Hog Alley 20 Trail to 23 Buildings/Exhibits 21 under restoration Virginius St. Peter’s Stone 19 Island N Bus Stop Church Steps Hamilton Street 18 22 16 Original St. 3 site of 5 4 2 13 POINT OF INTEREST 7 9 11 17 1 railroad 15 8 1 ? Footbridge to PARK BUILDING Arsenal C&O Canal Bridge 10 Square 13 HARPERS FERRY NHP 12 FORMER BUILDING SITE ? VISITOR INFORMATION PARK SHUTTLE BUS Market SH House PUBLIC RESTROOMS EN AN Paymaster’s D House APPALACHIAN TRAIL OA 14 H R IVER 0 .1 .2 THE POINT SCALE IN TENTHS OF MILES 1. INFORMATION CENTER 7. HAMILTON STREET were stored in two brick buildings here – the Start your visit here with an orientation to Building foundations and photos mark the Small Arsenal and Large Arsenal. park stories and information. sites of a pre-Civil War riverside neighborhood. 13. JOHN BROWN’S FORT 2. RESTORATION MUSEUM Originally the Armory’s fire enginehouse and Explore “layers” of history and discover how 8. HARPERS FERRY: A PLACE IN TIME watchman’s office, John Brown barricaded a building changes over time. Explore the growth of the town from past to himself here during the final moments of his present. Video raid. 3. FRANKEL’S CLOTHING STORE This exhibit reveals a revolution in the clothing 9. PROVOST MARSHAL OFFICE 14. THE POINT industry tied to machines and advanced by Learn about the Provost Marshal who served View the gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains war. as judge, jailer and, if need be, executioner. as you stand at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers. 4. INDUSTRY MUSEUM 10. MRS. STIPES BOARDING HOUSE Transportation improvements and industrial Visit the widow Cornelia Stipes’ boarding 15. JOHN BROWN MUSEUM innovations gave rise to Harpers Ferry. house during the Civil War. Rooms occupied Explore the story of John Brown and the Original machines feature weapons by war correspondent James Taylor and a struggle over slavery. Video production technology. military officer are located on the second floor. 16. ALLIES FOR FREEDOM 5. NATIONAL PARK BOOKSHOP Learn about the five African-American raiders Stop here for a fine selection of books, videos 11. DRY GOODS STORE who joined John Brown. (Located on the and gifts of local and national interest. Clothes, hardware, liquor, groceries and second floor of the John Brown Museum). other merchandise that arrived daily by 6. BLACKSMITH SHOP railroad and canal in the 19th century are on 17. HARPERS FERRY WETLANDS Experience some of the sights, sounds and display. Discover the history and nature of this special stories of a 19th century working-class town. resource along the bottomland of the (Open seasonally). 12. ARSENAL SQUARE Shenandoah River. Arms produced at the Harpers Ferry Armory LOWER TOWN HARPERS FERRY TRAIL GUIDE 18. EDUCATION & THE STRUGGLE 22. BLACK VOICES TRAIL INFORMATION FOR EQUALITY Listen to human stories of struggle and Sidewalks and crushed stone foot-paths. Find out about one of the first schools in the triumph. Beware of cobblestone gutters. The climb New South for former slaves, and learn about the struggle for equality in the 20th century. 23. HARPER HOUSE up the Stone Steps to the Harper House This is the oldest surviving building in Harpers and Jefferson Rock is moderately 19. ALFRED BURTON JEWLERY STORE Ferry. The lower level, halfway up the Stone strenuous. Watch for traffic on all roadways. This frame building, reconstructed from Steps, exhibits an armory worker’s apartment. original historic fabric, displays the wares and tools of this local businessman. 24. JEFFERSON ROCK Here in 1783, Thomas Jefferson described 20. CONFECTIONERY this view as “worth a voyage across the Learn a tragic story of a family touched by Atlantic.” war. 21. CIVIL WAR MUSEUM Discover the twists and turns of four years of civil war in Harpers Ferry. September 1998.
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