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To Betsy

The Foundation bids farewell to our steadfast friend and mentor, Betsy Bainbridge. After serving as the director of…

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At last Tuesday evening’s Annual Membership Meeting, the Foundation added a new category alongside its annual Historic Preservation…

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We’ve Reached a Huge Milestone!

First Zion Phase 1 Complete!

We are excited for you to see how great First Zion looks at the…

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First Time Our Preservation Award Goes to a Business

Eddie and Mary Love have been honored by the Harpers Ferry–Bolivar Historic Town Foundation for their exemplary rehabilitation of…

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John Wesley Church , 1984

Choir rehearsals, Christmas plays, Easter specials, vacation Bible school, ladies tea parties, repasts after funerals—John Wesley United Methodist…

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To Al

Alfred “Al” Alsdorf, founding chair of the Harpers Ferry-Bolivar Historic Town Foundation and a tireless advocate for the preservation…

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The Lovett Family and Their Hill Top House in Harpers Ferry

In 1890 an enterprising Black couple bought a prized plot of land in Harpers Ferry and built an incredibly…

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Bolivar Home Rehabilitation Earns 2025 Honors

The rehabilitation of a nineteenth-century home in Bolivar has been recognized with an Excellence in Preservation Award by the…

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When Frederick Douglass Walked Our Streets

by Lynn Pechuekonis, Chair

There was an era when the great Frederick Douglass walked the streets of Harpers Ferry with…

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