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Armorer's Dwelling House, Northwest side of Shanandoah Street, 400' west of , Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Location400' west of,
Harpers Ferry, WV
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS WV-230
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-4; N4).
Building/structure dates:
1821
Significance: The Armorer's Dwelling House was constructed sometime after 1821, on land belonging to the U.S. Armory at Harpers Ferry. Due to housing shortage in Harpers Ferry, the Armory allowed employees to erect dwellings on public land. In 1832 the U.S. Government began buying these houses and renting them to Armory workers. As part of this program, William Smallwood, listed as a common armory worker in the 1820 census, was compensated by 1837 for a stone structure 16'x19', which may have been the south half of the present structure...
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW FROM SOUTHWEST
2. VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
3. INTERIOR, SECOND FLOOR, SOUTH ROOM, SHOWING STAIRCASE
4. INTERIOR, SECOND FLOOR, SOUTH ROOM, SHOWING FIREPLACE
5. INTERIOR, SECOND FLOOR, NORTH ROOM, SHOWING FIREPLACE
6. General view from southeast, (Duplicates 1961 view, Neg. No. WV-230-2).
7. East elevation without scale.
8. General view from southeast showing surroundings.
9. South elevation without scale.
10. South elevation with scale.
11. General view from southwest, (Duplicates 1961 view, Neg. No. WV-230-1).
12. Interior, Attic, View from northeast to southwest.
13. Interior, Attic, South Room at head of stair, View from southeast.
14. Interior, Second Floor, South Room, View from southeast.
15. Interior, Second Floor, North Room, View to southwest.
16. Interior, First Floor, North Room (Kitchen), View to southwest.
17. Interior, First Floor, South Room, View to northwest, showing stair.
18. Interior, First Floor, South Room, View to the south, showing interior of front entrance, window and floorboards.
General view looking from the southeast (duplicate of HABS No. WV-230-6)
Closer view (duplicate of HABS No. WV-230-11)
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