Main St.

Harrisonburg, Virginia c. 1820
Staunton Road (Main Street) and Court Square

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It is difficult to determine from Mrs. Carr's descriptions the exact locations of the buildings she describes. Therefore the locations on the map are approximate. Drawing is not to scale.

1. Large barn or stable belonging to Mr. Bockett - ran a line of stages from Winchester to Staunton.
2. Small brick house built by Col. Hall - used as a law office
3. Thomas Harrison house - occupied by Co. James Hall
4. House built by Col James Hall - occupied by Gen. Roller.
5. Brick house - built by John Pense - owned by Mr. Wm. Ott
6. Small frame house - occupied by barber shop run by Henry Boswell (negro)
7. Large frame stable painted red - owned by Mr. McMahon who kept tavern on N.E. corner
8. Washington House - owned by Mr. McMahon
9. Large white frame house - Jerry Kyle - dry goods store in NE corner.
10. Large white frame house - occupied by Mr. Sullivan a tailor & Mr. Wicks a silversmith
11. 1 1/2 story stone house - owned & occupied by Dr. Waterman.
12. Small stone office & medicine room - Dr. Waterman
13. Spring Run - later enclosed w/ low stone wall
14. Log house - later Judge Kenny built his house on this location
15. John Sites house - long brick building
16. Large stone house - Archibald Rutherford - later Stevens building
17. House built & occupied by Dr. Peachy Harrison
18. Town jail
19. Frame house - John Dougherty - tailor
20. Frame house
21. Mr. Tutwaler - kept Post Office
22. Old Castle - built by George W. Harrison
23. Brick house - Mr. Henneberger had silversmith shop in front room - lived back of it
24. Two story frame house - Mr. S. Henry
25. Brick house - built by Isaac Hardesty for apothecary shop
26. Long low building - occupied as tailor & barber shops -built by Mr. S. Henry. Mr. Lewis later lived at this location
27. 2 story frame house - owned by John Graham; Mr. Yakel lived there and had a tin shop in the store
28. House occupied by Ben Vanpelt
29. Smaller buildings rented to people of moderate means
30. Large log house. 1st floor: occupied as residence by Mr. McClellan & family. 2nd floor: Lawrence Wartman used as office for publishing newspaper.
31. Frame house painted yellow - occupied by Mr. Gamble, Clerk of the Court. Later he sold house to Jacob Yost
32. Large frame house - Mrs. Thornbill used for school for children
33. Occupied by Somers - shoemaker
34. Occupied by Mr. Kelly - shoemaker
35. Unidentified
36. Log or frame house - occupied by "Uncle Jack", a negro Methodist Preacher, and his wife.
37. "Uncle Cato" died here after being stabbed by Ben Hopkins, a slave that belonged to the Hopkins family
38. Stone house - Willis Swanson died here
39. Frame or log house - occupied by the Herron family
40. White house w/ 2 porches - owned by Mr. Henry Bushnell
40a. Large frame building built by Mr. Bushnell for carriage making
41. Stone house - built & owned by Mr. Thomas Scott
42. Frame building painted Spanish brown - Mr. Scott's store
43. Old frame house - hat manufactory
44. Stone house - built by John Graham - later rented to Ben Vanpelt for a tavern
44a. Barn, carriage house, corn crib
45. Long white frame house - owned & occupied by Thomas Lanahan as a tavern
46. Frame house, painted pink - given to Mrs. Carr's mother by John Graham. North end was residence, south end John Clark had apothecary shop. Later used by John Foster as a silversmith or watch repairing shop.
47. White frame house - built by John Graham for Mrs. Carr's aunt Harriet. Occupied by Isaac Hardesty of Richmond - had apothecary shop below. Later occupied by Dr. George Clark & later by Mr. McGahey
48. Large brown frame house - Wm. Sites had dry goods store. Later Mr. Hardesty built brick house w/ apothecary
49. Frame house- Mr. A. Smith
50. Frame house - Mr. Welsh had saddlery shop
51. Stone house - 1 1/2 story - David Steele, a carpenter
52. White frame house w/ store underneath - Mr. Fawcett's store & residence
53. Tavern kept by James Duff
54 & 55. Two old frame houses - one occupied by Mrs. Schackelford
56. Ben Vanpelt had tavern here for many years.
57. Jacob Leggitt - a Hatter

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