Historical Marker
Leonard Stout Hall
Historical marker location:
New Martinsville, West Virginia
( Marker is on Energy Roadd (West Virginia Route 2) 0.3 miles south of Rosary Road, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2016
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.