Historical Marker
Gerard House
Historical marker location:
Gerrardstown, West Virginia
( Marker is on Dominion Road, 0.1 miles south of Gerrardstown Road, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1978
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, is the site of John Brown's raid in 1859, which is considered a major event leading up to the Civil War. Brown and his supporters attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry in an effort to arm slaves and start a rebellion against slaveholders.