Harper House

Pros+cons+advices

PROS * Oldest building in the town * Interesting preserved structure * Home of Robert Harper and his inheritor CONS * Closed for evident renovations and support work “I VISITED THIS PLACE”… … when I...

Supposedly you could go inside but I didn't see where.

Two things I missed doing to complete the do everything there is experience. 1) see the replica of Lewis and Clark boat. But I didn't find that... it might be gone. 2) go inside the Harper House. I ...

Cool

You can go in and peek into some of the rooms that have been "recreated" to the time period. They have plaques to tell you about what you are looking at. Like a mini-self tour.

easy to miss

worth the walk up the hill, is this gem. Neat to see such a beautiful home. Placard inside tell of the history. Just up from the main street up by the big church. Look along street to the side there i...

Oldest surviving structure in Harpers Ferry

Traveling through Maryland on his way to the Shenandoah Valley, where he was engaged to erect a meeting house for a group of Quakers near Winchester, Virginia, Robert Harper was attracted by the ample...