Thomas C. Green house

Photograph

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Thomas C. Green house

Entry/Object ID

IMG729

Description

Thomas C. Green house at the corner of George and Congress streets. Arrow shows repair on clapboards where piece of shell adapter went through the wall. A shell, probably from one of General John Imboden's guns during the attack of Charles Town on Oct. 18, 1863, exploded outside the Green house sending the fuse adapter into the wall where it remained for nearly 150 years.

Acquisition

Accession

00

Source or Donor

Found in collection

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Charles Town, West Virginia