Hotel Hilltop House

Photograph

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Hotel Hilltop House

Entry/Object ID

IMG672

Description

Hilltop House Hotel. The hotel was built in 1888 by Thomas S. Lovett (pictured standing on the ground in front of the hotel), an African American entrepreneur who lived in Harpers Ferry. Lovett managed other hotels in the area and operated Hilltop House from 1888 until his death in 1926. The building shown is the original building which burned in 1912. The hotel burned again in 1918 and was again rebuilt.

Acquisition

Accession

78

Source or Donor

Parks, Ray and Natalie

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Fitzpatrick, Edwin A.

Studio

627 Jefferson Avenue, Charles Town, WV 25414

Date made

1892 - 1893

Place

* Untyped Place

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia