Harpers Ferry in Jefferson County, West Virginia — The American South (Appalachia)

Market House

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 22, 2007

1. Market House Marker

Inscription. Armory workers purchased fresh vegetables, meat, and fish every Wednesday and Saturday here at the Market House. Constructed by the government near mid-century, the building that once stood here architecturally resembled the refurbished armory buildings along the Potomac.

The Sons of Temperance, a 19th-century organization campaigning for the prohibition of liquor, financed construction of the second floor for their meeting hall.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce.

Location. 39° 19.326′ N, 77° 43.812′ W. Marker is in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in Jefferson County. It can be reached from Shenandoah Street (Business U.S. 340), on the right when traveling east. Located in lower town of Harpers Ferry National Historic Site, just south of the Winchester and Potomac Railroad. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: 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: Home of Samuel Annin (a few steps from this marker); A Government Factory Town No Longer (within shouting distance of this marker); Floods (within shouting distance of this marker); Armory Paymaster's Residence (within shouting distance of this marker); Casualties of Time

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Shenandoah Street about 1880 (within shouting distance of this marker); Armory Workers (within shouting distance of this marker); Burned, Flooded, and Leveled (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Harpers Ferry.

Photographed by Craig Swain, September 22, 2007

2. Market House Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 10, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 957 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 10, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.