Keyes Gap

Historical marker location:

20867 Charles Town Rd, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

( Marker is on Charles Town Road (Route 9) 0.1 miles east of Charles Town Road (West Virginia Route 115), on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2019

The first African American to serve as a member of the United States Senate was Hiram Rhodes Revels, who was born in Fayetteville, West Virginia, in 1827.