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FIRST FLOOR INTERIOR VIEW OF FIREPLACE and MANTEL IN NORTHWEST CONFERENCE ROOM - Reverend Nathan Bracket House, Fillmore Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Photographer
Boucher, Jack E.
Title
FIRST FLOOR INTERIOR VIEW OF FIREPLACE and MANTEL IN NORTHWEST CONFERENCE ROOM - Reverend Nathan Bracket House, Fillmore Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV
Description
Storer College
Depicted place West Virginia; Jefferson County; Harpers Ferry
Date 1995
date QS:P571,+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS WVA,19-HARF,33-14
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  • Significance: Originally constructed in 1857-58 as one of two identical residences for Armory officials, the Brackett House was designed by Superintendent Henry W. Clowe for the Superintendent's Clerk. The Brackett House and its pendant, the Morrell House which was built for the Paymaster's Clerk, were part of the Armory's continuing plan to architecturally embody industrial and administrative reforms. While echoing the architectural design of the Superintendent's and Paymaster's Houses, also on Camp Hill, the Brackett and Morrell Houses nonetheless visually communicated their residents lower rank within the Armory hierarchy. After the Civil War, in 1868, Brackett House and the three former Armory officers' residences on Camp Hill were granted to Storer College, an early African-American college established in Harpers Ferry. For almost a century, the Brackett House was an important Storer College residence. Founders Nathan C. and Louise Brackett lived there for many years, and since that time the building has been known as the Brackett House. Until Storer College closed in 1955, the residence variously housed students, teachers, summer boarders, and even a grocery business. Among the four residences for Armory officials built on Camp Hill, Brackett House has most closely retained its original proportions throughout its history.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N245
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1824
  • Survey number: HABS WV-283
  • Building/structure dates: 1858 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0403.photos.190278p
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Object location39° 19′ 15″ N, 77° 44′ 11″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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