Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia occupies a prominent location on the heights above Harpers Ferry. The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style which it kept through the Civil War, being the only church in Harpers Ferry to escape destruction during the war.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Church
- Denomination: Catholic
- Description: church building in West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Saint Peter’s Roman Catholic Church”, “St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church”, and “St. Peters Roman Catholic Church”
- Address: 100
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include John Brown Museum and White Hall Tavern.
John Brown Museum
Museum
Photo: MPSharwood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
John Brown Museum is situated 360 feet northeast of Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church.
White Hall Tavern
Museum
Photo: Jan Kronsell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
White Hall Tavern is a museum, which is situated 380 feet northeast of Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church.
Harpers Ferry station
Railway station
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Harpers Ferry station is a railway station in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is served by the Amtrak Floridian intercity service as well as the MARC Brunswick Line commuter service. Harpers Ferry station is situated 660 feet north of Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harpers Ferry and Loudoun Heights.
Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry is a historic town of 285 people in the northern corner of the Shenandoah Valley just inside West Virginia. It is a natural transportation hub: the Shenandoah River empties into the Potomac there.
Loudoun Heights
Hamlet
Loudoun Heights is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States, near Purcellville and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It is located in the Between the Hills region of the county along Harpers Ferry Road and is bounded to its northwest and northeast by the Harpers Ferry National Historical Park on the Potomac River.
Sandy Hook
Hamlet
Photo: Bonnachoven, CC0.
Sandy Hook is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States. Its population was 188 as of the 2010 census.
Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church
- Categories: Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Jefferson, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.32272° or 39° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
-77.73133° or 77° 43′ 53″ westElevation
335 feet (102 metres)Open location code
87F487F9+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 136439816OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=catholic
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In Other Languages
From French to Tatar—“Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church” goes by many names.
- French: “église Saint-Pierre de Harpers Ferry”
- French: “Église Saint-Pierre de Harpers Ferry”
- Russian: “Церковь Святого Петра”
- Tatar: “Изге Питер чиркәве”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church”. Photo: John Picken, CC BY 2.0.