ruins of st. john's episcopal church in harper's ferry west virginia

ruins building wall rock history monastery chapel fortification house architecture arch monument landmark john's episcopal church harper's ferry west virginia 1850s churches 1851 1852 irish immigrants john’s hospital barracks civil war badly damaged conflict peter’s roman hill surviving harpers rebuilt sadly abandoned built historic stone walls stabilized national park service preserve beautiful physical destruction disintegration state disintegrating town jefferson county virginia united states shenandoah valley confluence potomac rivers states maryland easternmost american northernmost point confederate-controlled territory strategic south