Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill

Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill is in Jefferson, West Virginia. Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill is situated nearby to Civil War Museum, as well as near the museum Frankel’s Clothing Store.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include John Brown Museum and Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church.

John Brown Museum

Museum

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Saint Peters Roman Catholic Church

Church

Photo: John Picken, CC BY 2.0.

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.

John Brown’s Fort

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John Brown's Fort was initially built in 1848 for use as a guard and fire engine house by the federal Harpers Ferry Armory, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia. John Brown’s Fort is situated 370 feet east of Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Harpers Ferry and Loudoun Heights.

Harpers Ferry

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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.

Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill

Type: Sign
Categories: information and tourism
Location: Jefferson, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.32296° or 39° 19′ 23″ north

Longitude

-77.73084° or 77° 43′ 51″ west

Open location code

87F487F9+5M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4241896007

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tourism=information

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