15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
St. Peters Roman Catholic Church

St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia occupies a prominent location on the heights above Harpers Ferry. The original church was built in 1833 in a pseudo-Gothic style which it kept through the Civil War, in which it was the only church in Harpers Ferry to escape destruction. The church was extensively altered in 1896 in the then-popular Neo-Gothic style to produce the church seen today.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2017
Date Uploaded: 07.2017
Photo Location: Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T6i
Copyright: © Chip Anthony