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Caption on back of postcard reads: "This beautiful old building was built in 1826. Used as a store first, it was later remodeled into an inn serving stagecoach trade and travelers on the C & O Canal and B & O Railroad. Since restored, it now serves as a Park Service Office and Tourist Center, at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia." (From postcard collection legacy system.)

49. Old Stage Coach Inn; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Built in 1826, the Stagecoach Inn, a favorite stopping place for travelers in its day, has been restored as a visitors center. Rising behind and above it is St. Peter's Catholic Church." Published by D.E. Traub. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

50. Stagecoach Inn; Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by Hayward. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

51. Zion Episcopal Church; Charles Town, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

52. Zion P.E. Church; Charles Town, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

53. Powhatan College; Charles Town, W. Va.

Published by Miller's Pharmacy. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

54. Jefferson Hotel; Charles Town, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "Charlestown is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia (then Virginia), and on the Shenandoah Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio, about 10 miles southwest of Harper's Ferry. In 1859 it had a population of less than 1,500, about one third of whom were colored. It is surrounded by a fertile and beautiful country. The jail in which John Brown was confined and from which he was taken to execution has been rebuilt and modernized." Published by National Tribune. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

55. Jail; Charlestown, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by C.N. Beard. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

56. The Carter House, An Old Landmark Now Gone; Charles Town, W. Va.

See original for correspondence. Published by C.W. Taylor. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

57. Farmers and Merchants Deposit Co.'s Bank; Charles Town, W. Va.

Erected in 1765. Place of worship of the Washington Family. Published by Williamsport Paper Company. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

58. Ruins of St. George's Chapel; Near Charles Town, W. Va.

Caption on back of postcard reads: "St. George's Chapel was the first church erected West of the Blue Ridge Mountains. No record has ever been found of the exact date of its erection, owing to the fact that it was part of Norborne Parish, England. The original furnishings were brought from England. The roof of sheet lead was used for bullets during the Civil War." Published by Nichols Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

59. Ruins of St. George Chapel; Charles Town, W. Va.

Caption on postcard reads: "The Inn is located in historic Charles Town in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley on the National Highway, two hours from Washington and Baltimore." Published by I & M Ottenheimer. (From postcard collection legacy system.)

60. The Inn; Charles Town, W. Va.