John Brown’s Fort

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American Civil War era site fire engine house historic building

John Brown’s Fort is the historic fire engine house at Harpers Ferry where abolitionist John Brown and his followers made their last stand during the 1859 raid on the federal armory.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Harpers Ferry engine house	1
United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War era site ⓘ fire engine house ⓘ historic building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	utilitarian 19th-century armory structure ⓘ
associatedWith	abolitionism ⓘ anti-slavery movement in the United States ⓘ
associatedWithPerson	John Brown ⓘ John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ surface form: John Brown’s raiders
category	American abolitionism ⓘ Buildings and structures in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ United States historic sites ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfEvent	October 1859 ⓘ
hasFunction	museum building ⓘ
hasNameVariant	Engine House No. 2 ⓘ John Brown’s Fort self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harpers Ferry engine house
heritageDesignation	contributing property to a U.S. National Historical Park ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Antebellum period ⓘ surface form: Antebellum United States pre–American Civil War era ⓘ
locatedIn	Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ surface form: Harpers Ferry Jefferson County, West Virginia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedInNationalHistoricalPark	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ
namedAfter	John Brown ⓘ
notableFor	site of John Brown’s capture ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
ownership	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
partOf	Harpers Ferry Armory ⓘ
preservedAs	historic landmark ⓘ
roleInEvent	last stand of John Brown and his followers ⓘ
significantEvent	John Brown’s raid of 1859 ⓘ surface form: John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	arsenal firehouse ⓘ housing fire engines ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia → hasHistoricStructure → John Brown’s Fort ⓘ

John Brown’s Fort → hasNameVariant → John Brown’s Fort self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harpers Ferry engine house

John Brown’s raid of 1859 → target → John Brown’s Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry