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Aftermath of Court Square Fire of December 1870.
Slide shows the aftermath of the Court Square December 1870 fire. In total 10 houses were destroyed.
Four Men Standing Outside of House
Slide shows three men standing outside the front of a house an another to the side of the house looking at the camera.
Lincoln Family Cemetery
Slide shows the Lincoln Family Cemetery.
Lincoln Homestead
Slide shows the Lincoln Homestead house.
Slave Quarters
Slide shows two former slave quarters. The first one's wall is partially missing.
Building
Slide shows a white building.
Hardesty-Higgins House
Slide shows the Hardesty-Higgins House along South Main Street.
Front of House
Slide shows a scanned image of the front of a house.
Massanetta Springs Hotel
Slide appears to be a scan of a postcard which shows the Massanetta Springs Hotel. Partially visible text in the upper right reads "Massanetta Springs, V"
Blue Ball Tavern
Slide shows the Blue Ball Tavern from the side.
Conrad Store
Slide shows the Conrad Store which is located in Elkton. George Conrad built the structure in 1785 and it was used as a general store.
Back of Two Story Wood building
Slides shows the back of a two story wood building with several windows boarded up. There is a waterwheel next to the building.
Loom House
Slide shows a two story wood house that is missing it's front door. Building was used to store looms and then set up to weave cloth.
White building
Slide shows a white building with a chimney .
Building Next to Lake
Slide shows a wood building with a brick base at the edge of a lake
Beery Barn
Slide shows the Beery Barn, which was built in 1839, from the side.
Bank Barn
Slide shows the Bank Barn from the side.
Acker House
Slide shows the Acker House which is located in Linville, VA and was built in 1818. The land the house is on used to be part of the Lincoln Homestead.
Fort Harrison
Slide shows Fort Harrison which was built by Daniel Harrison in the 1750s.
Beery House
Slide shows the house which was owned by John K. Beery. House was built in 1819.
Tunker House
Slide shows Tunker House which was used for religious services by the German Baptists (Dunkards).
The Martz-Harrison House
Slide shows the Martz-Harrison House from the side. There are several buildings behind the house that are also visible.
John Rice House
Slide shows the John Rice House. Rice built the house between 1775-1779 and it is reputed to be the first lathed, weatherboarded, and plastered house in the area.
The Peter Paul House
Slide shows the Peter Paul House. Paul, an english settler, built the house in 1750.
Baxter House
Slides shows Baxter House which is located in Edom, Virginia. It was built in the late 18th century for George Baxter
Stone House
Slide shows an older stone house which has a red metal roof and a porch that stretches across the front of it.
Craney Island House
Slide shows Craney Island House which was built by Andrew Byrd in 1750.
Building
Slide shows a building from the side.
Smithland House
Slide shows the Smithland house, built in 1845, from the front.
The Court Houses in Harrisonburg (Court Square)
Slide shows a map of the names of owners of each building along Court Square around 1820-1825. In addition it is noted what type of building they owned and if it was a store. Text above the map reads "Some houses on and near the Public Square as…