Jolliffe Building

Historical marker location:

107 W Main St, Grafton, West Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (U.S. 119) and Latrobe Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.)

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.