At last Tuesday evening’s Annual Membership Meeting, the Foundation added a new category alongside its annual Historic Preservation Award. For the first time, we presented an award recognizing new construction ...
First Zion Phase 1 Complete! We are excited for you to see how great First Zion looks at the culmination of Phase 1 exterior preservation! Most of this work was ...
Eddie and Mary Love have been honored by the Harpers Ferry–Bolivar Historic Town Foundation for their exemplary rehabilitation of 970 Washington Street in Harpers Ferry, now home to the Appalachian ...
In 1890 an enterprising Black couple bought a prized plot of land in Harpers Ferry and built an incredibly successful summer resort hotel and restaurant serving an exclusively White clientele. ...
The rehabilitation of a nineteenth-century home in Bolivar has been recognized with an Excellence in Preservation Award by the Harpers Ferry – Bolivar Historic Town Foundation. The annual award in ...
by Lynn Pechuekonis, Chair There was an era when the great Frederick Douglass walked the streets of Harpers Ferry with surprising frequency. Our town is so small that when I ...
The saying goes that it is better to give than to receive. It seems like the Foundation is so often making requests for donations that it feels really great to ...
The rescue of a distinctive historic home in Bolivar has been recognized with an Excellence in Preservation Award by the Harpers Ferry – Bolivar Historic Town Foundation. The annual award ...
Most interpretive histories of Harpers Ferry focus on the John Brown Raid, the Federal Armory, and the Civil War. Lesser known, are the important legacies of the African American community, ...