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A view of John Brown's Fort in Harper's Ferry, W. Va.
Photograph of the fort's exterior. It was built in 1848 as a guard and fire engine house for the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, then a part of Virginia. Storer College was a historically black college. The fort was on the campus of Storer College from 1909 to 1968.
View of Harper's Ferry showing the old engine house called John Brown's Fort
John Brown's Fort Museum, Women's Lincoln Hall, and Anthony Memorial Hall.
John Brown's Fort in the background.
Top row from left to right: Lincoln Hall and John Brown's Fort, Curtis Freewill Baptist Church, and Myrtle Hall. In the center is Anthony Memorial Hall. Bottom row left is Industrial Building and bottom row right is the Presidents House.
Pictured during the great snow of March 7, 8, 9, 1941.
John Brown's fort at far left.
'That this nation might have a new birth of freedom. That slavery should be removed forever from American soil. John Brown and his 21 men gave their lives. To commemorate their heroism, this tablet is placed on this building. Which has since been known as John Brown's Fort by the Alumni of Storer College 1918.'