Choir rehearsals, Christmas plays, Easter specials, vacation Bible school, ladies tea parties, repasts after funerals—John Wesley United Methodist Church was alive with activity in the 1950s and 60s. Cousins Ann ...
Our Vision: First Zion Community Center Events | Meetings | Exhibits | Cultural Heritage In 2016, the Harpers Ferry – Bolivar Historic Town Foundation purchased the historic building used for ...
OUR VISION: First Zion Community Center Events | Meetings | Exhibits | Cultural Heritage In 2016, the Harpers Ferry – Bolivar Historic Town Foundation purchased the historic building used for ...
In 2016, the Foundation purchased the historic First Zion Baptist Church building at 1030 West Ridge Street in Harpers Ferry. First Zion was one of three African-American churches that served the thriving Black community in ...
By Lynn Pechuekonis The congregation of worshippers known as First Zion Baptist Church first planted their roots in Harpers Ferry in the early 1890s, having made their way over from ...
Cedar Hill Cemetery serves as the final resting place of former slaves, military veterans, and Storer College teachers and students. Its history reaches back to 1869 when the Colored Methodist ...
The Potomac Street corridor of Harpers Ferry’s business district once suffered from limited parking, unsightly power lines, storm water overflow and open dumpsters. The Foundation secured grants and raised additional ...
Pine Grove Cemetery is an almost unknown six-acre burial ground dating to 1850, when citizens of Harpers Ferry petitioned the War Department for the land. Through the years it may ...
HF Black History Featured in Prince William Living Magazine
To Betsy
Honor Awarded to Local Historic-Neighborhood-Sensitive New Construction
