Camp Hill
Discover Harpers Ferry
You are in the Camp Hill area of Harpers Ferry. Explore Camp Hill's history with exhibits in front of the Morrell, Brackett, and Lockwood houses and Mather Training Center. Side trails in Harper Cemetery and in front of Mather Training Center connect to the world-famous Appalachian Trail (AT).
Early settlement
1700s
Town founder Robert Harper ran a ferry business and a gristmill in the Lower Town area. Harper and other notables are buried in Harper Cemetery at the end of Fillmore Street. The Camp Hill area takes its name from an encampment of US Army soldiers here in the late 1700s.
Armory
1848-1861
The hilltop position of the armory paymaster's house (above) "made a statement about the presence and power of the paymaster and the armory." A stroll along Fillmore Street takes you by three of the original four armory mansions on Camp Hill which have been preserved by the National Park Service.
Civil War
1861-1865
The armory and its Camp Hill housing were abandoned at the war's outbreak. Camp Hill served as an encampment for both Union and Confederate troops. The buildings on this street served as hospitals, prisons, bivouacs, or quarters.
Storer College
1867-1955
An oasis of learning and freedom in the segregated south,
this page online
Erected by National Park Service.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Education • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Historically Black Colleges and Universities series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.
Location. 39° 19.485′ N, 77° 44.461′ W. Marker is in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. It is at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Storer College Place, on the left when traveling east on Fillmore Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 770 Fillmore Street, Harpers Ferry WV 25425, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Washington Metropolitan Area and in the Eastern Panhandle. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Black Americans (within shouting distance of this marker); Storer College Veterans Memorial Gate (within shouting distance of this marker); Virginia Lodge No. 1 (within shouting distance of this marker); Foundations of Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker); The Niagara Movement (within shouting distance of this marker);
Other markers no longer nearby. Church and School (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been confirmed missing); A Land Divided (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Camp Hill during the Civil War (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); Storer College 1867-1955 (was within shouting distance of this marker but has been permanently removed); The Niagara Movement at Storer College (was about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on May 21, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 959 times since then and 30 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 21, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. 2. submitted on May 22, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
