Lovettsville Historic District, Lovettsville

Name: Lovettsville Historic District
Address: 4 E Pennsylvania Ave, Lovettsville, 20180-8515, United States
Telephone: +1 540-822-5546

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Lovettsville Historic District is a national historic district located at Lovettsville, Loudoun County, Virginia. It contains 174 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 2 contributing structures in a primarily residential section of Lovettsville. Most contributing resources consist of residences and associated outbuildings dating from the early-19th to early-20th centuries. They are vernacular interpretations of a variety of popular architectural styles including Federal, Queen Anne, Italianate, Romanesque, and Bungalow. Notable resources include the Lovettsville Union Cemetery, First German Reformed Church site and cemetery, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church and cemetery, Union Cemetery, African-American Methodist Episcopal Church and cemetery, Presbyterian cemetery, Lovettsville Masonic Lodge, former Grubbs Store, former Red Men's Lodge, and Willard Hall. ()

Built: 1770 (254 years ago)Coordinates: 39°16'22"N, 77°38'12"W

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4 E Pennsylvania AveLovettsville 20180-8515 United States

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+1 540-822-5546

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Nearby attractions include: John Brown's Fort, Heyward Shepherd monument, St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, River & Trail Outfitters.

6 miNW
Museum, History museum
John Brown's Fort, Harpers Ferry
155 min walk • John Brown's Fort was originally constructed in 1848 for use as a guard and fire engine house by the federal Harpers Ferry Armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
6.1 miNW
Memorial
Heyward Shepherd monument, Harpers Ferry
156 min walk • The Heyward Shepherd monument is a monument in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, constructed in 1931. It commemorates Heyward Shepherd, a free black man, who was the first person killed during John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
6.1 miNW
History museum, Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Harpers Ferry
156 min walk • St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia occupies a prominent location on the heights above Harpers Ferry.
5.4 miNW
39°19'50"N • 77°42'14"W
River & Trail Outfitters, Harpers Ferry
137 min walk • Hiking trail, Hiking, Rafting
5.5 miNW
Valley
Potomac Water Gap, Harpers Ferry
141 min walk • The Potomac Water Gap is a double water gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, located at the intersection of the states of Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland, near Harpers Ferry. At 256 feet, it is the lowest crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
2.8 miN
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Brunswick Heritage Museum, Brunswick
72 min walk • The Brunswick Heritage Museum is a railroad and history museum in Brunswick, Maryland.
6.1 miNW
Bridge
B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing, Harpers Ferry
155 min walk • The B & O Railroad Potomac River Crossing is a 15-acre historic site where a set of railroad bridges, originally built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, span the Potomac River between Sandy Hook, Maryland, and Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in the United States.
6 miNW
Mountain
Loudoun Heights, Harpers Ferry
152 min walk • Loudoun Heights, sometimes referred to as Loudoun Mountain, is the first peak of the Blue Ridge Mountain south of the Potomac River in Loudoun County, Virginia and Jefferson County, West Virginia.
6.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Rock
Jefferson Rock, Harpers Ferry
158 min walk • Jefferson Rock is a rock formation on the Appalachian Trail in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. It consists of several large masses of Harpers shale, piled one upon the other, that overlook the Shenandoah River just prior to its confluence with the Potomac River.
6.8 miSE
Park, Shopping
Lucketts School, Leesburg
174 min walk • The Lucketts School in Lucketts, Virginia was built in 1913. It is a wood-frame schoolhouse with elements of Colonial Revival and Craftsman style. It was originally known as Lucketts High School and was expanded in 1919 with additional classrooms and in 1929 with a small auditorium.