Talk:John Brown's Fort/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Gates designed by George Washington?...

I have removed the sentence "These gates were designed by George Washington." from the paragraph describing the building's reconstruction on the Murphy Farm. There is no citation for this and seems very unlikely, considering this building was constructed in 1848.

This obvious falsehood stood out to me. If it was put in by a history teacher attempting to show students that "anyone can edit Wikipedia" - I assure you this isn't helping. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.14.63.46 (talk) 06:15, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Actually the armory site was specifically selected by Washington while he was President. Construction started in 1799 on the original building at the Armory site with it being finished in 1802 (see Harpers Ferry Armory). It is not out of the realm of possibility that the gates that surrounded the original building had been designed by Washington. In any case, the statement was in relation to the guardhouse/enginehouse/"Fort" while it was at Murphy-Chamber Farm (or "Murphy's Farm")outside of Harper's Ferry - according to the Library of Congress the original Armory gates were moved to the Farm when the "Fort" was reconstructed there in 1895 (see Library of Congress information on Armory Yard Gateway). I cannot find a reference to back up the statement that Washington did design the gateway but have restored it within the text in the hopes that the designer of the gates is 1)not lost to history 2)and can be verified as being [whomever]. Shearonink (talk) 07:39, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

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Hey, this seems kinda short for a full article, especially one for as famous a time as the pre-civil-war. I'm labeling it as stub. -thedrtaylor 05:48, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

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