Gibson-Todd House
Gibson-Todd House | |
39°17′08.5″N 77°51′22.0″W / 39.285694°N 77.856111°W / 39.285694; -77.856111 | |
Architect | Mullet, Thomas A. |
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Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 83003238 |
Added to NRHP | September 1, 1983[1] |
The Gibson-Todd House was the site of the hanging of John Brown, the abolitionist who led a raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia before the opening of the American Civil War. The property is located in Charles Town, West Virginia, and includes a large Victorian style house built in 1891.
The house was built by John Thomas Gibson, who led the first armed response to Harpers Ferry during Brown's raid as commander of the Virginia Militia in Jefferson County. Gibson went on to serve as an officer for the Confederacy. After the war he was mayor of Charles Town.
Among those present at Brown's hanging were Stonewall Jackson, John McCausland, J.E.B. Stuart and John Wilkes Booth. When the old Jefferson County jail was demolished, Gibson saved stones from the building and built a monument to the event on the property. The house post-dates Brown's hanging.
The house was designed by Thomas A. Mullett, son of Alfred B. Mullett. Mullett also designed the New Opera House and the new Charles Town jail.[2][3]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins and Michael J. Pauley (June 8, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Gibson-Todd House" (PDF). National Park Service.
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(help) - ^ Chambers, S. Allen Jr. (2004). Buildings of West Virginia. Oxford University Press. p. 542. ISBN 0-19-516548-9.
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- Francis Jackson Meriam
- Dangerfield Newby
- Aaron Dwight Stevens
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- Mary Ann Day Brown (wife)
- Owen Brown (father)
- John Brown, Jr.
- James Buchanan
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