page_title: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
section_title: Lower town sites
hierarchical_section_title: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park / Lower town sites
caption_attribution_description: English: I took photo with Canon camera of John Brown Wax Museum, Harpers Ferry, WV.
context_page_description: Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. The park includes land in the Shenandoah Valley in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia. The park is managed by the National Park Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Originally designated Harpers Ferry National Monument in 1944, the park was declared a National Historical Park by the U.S. Congress in 1963. The park includes the historic town of Harpers Ferry, notable as a center of 19th-century industry and as the scene of John Brown's failed abolitionist uprising. Consisting of almost 4,000 acres, it includes the site of which Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is perhaps one of the most stupendous scenes in Nature" after visiting the area in 1783. Due to a mixture of historical events and ample recreational opportunities, all within 50 miles of Washington, D.C., the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. The Park's Superintendent is presently Tyrone Brandyburg.
context_section_description: The Lower Town points of interest are clustered where the Shenandoah River meets the Potomac River, and run along Shenandoah Street, Potomac Street and High Street.
  Information Center
  Restoration Museum
  Frankel's Clothing Store
  Industry Museum
  Bookshop
  Blacksmith Shop
  Hamilton Street
  A Place in Time Museum
  Provost Marshal Office
  Stipes’ Boarding House
  Dry Goods Store
  Arsenal Square
  John Brown's Fort
  The Point
  John Brown Museum
  Wetlands Museum
  Storer College/Niagara Movement Museum
  A. Burton Clocks and Jewelry Exhibit
  1862 Battle of Harpers
  Ferry Museum
  Confectionery Exhibit
  Civil War Museum
  Black Voices Museum
  White Hall Tavern
  Meriwether Lewis Exhibit
  Harper House
  Jefferson Rock
  Harper Cemetery
caption: John Brown Wax Museum in Harpers Ferry
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