St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church

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19th-century church building Roman Catholic church historic church

St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church is a historic 19th-century Catholic church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, notable for its prominent hilltop location overlooking the town and its role during the Civil War.

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Label Occurrences
St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church canonical 7

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century church building ⓘ
Roman Catholic church ⓘ
historic church ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival ⓘ
constructionStart 1830s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denomination Catholic ⓘ
floorCount 1 main level plus tower ⓘ
hasAltar yes ⓘ
hasBell yes ⓘ
hasDiocese Diocese of Wheeling–Charleston ⓘ
hasFeature buttresses ⓘ
pointed-arch windows ⓘ
stained glass windows ⓘ
hasParish St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry ⓘ
hasSpire yes ⓘ
hasTower yes ⓘ
hasViewOf Bolivar Heights ⓘ
Maryland Heights, Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Maryland Heights

Potomac River ⓘ
Shenandoah River ⓘ
heritageDesignation contributing property to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ
heritageStatus historic landmark of Harpers Ferry ⓘ
inception 1833 ⓘ
isTouristAttraction yes ⓘ
languageOfWorship English ⓘ
locatedIn Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Jefferson County, West Virginia ⓘ
locatedInRegion Appalachia ⓘ
West Virginia ⓘ
locatedNear Jefferson Rock ⓘ
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Lower Town Harpers Ferry
locatedOn hilltop above Harpers Ferry ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
namedAfter Apostle Peter ⓘ
surface form: Saint Peter
openToPublic yes ⓘ
overlooks Harpers Ferry, West Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Harpers Ferry

confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers ⓘ
partOf Harpers Ferry National Historical Park ⓘ
rebuiltOrRemodeled 1890s ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
roleDuringConflict observation point during the American Civil War ⓘ
shelter for civilians during the American Civil War ⓘ
survivedEvent American Civil War ⓘ
usedDuring American Civil War ⓘ
usedFor historical interpretation ⓘ
religious services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia → hasHistoricStructure → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → servedByChurch → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → associatedWithBuilding → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → faithCommunityOf → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → usesChurchAsPrimaryWorshipSite → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → hasHistoricChurch → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
St. Peter’s Parish, Harpers Ferry → hasParishChurch → St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church ⓘ