The Foundation bids farewell to our steadfast friend and mentor, Betsy Bainbridge. After serving as the director of Harpers Ferry Main Street, Betsy seamlessly transitioned to board member for the ...
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 ...
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 ...
Alfred “Al” Alsdorf, founding chair of the Harpers Ferry-Bolivar Historic Town Foundation and a tireless advocate for the preservation and vitality of the community, passed away on January 19, 2026, ...
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 ...
HF Black History Featured in Prince William Living Magazine
To Betsy
Honor Awarded to Local Historic-Neighborhood-Sensitive New Construction
