W. Market St.

Harrisonburg, Virginia c. 1820
West Market Street

This map is "hot". Click on the building number to read the description.

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. Col. Rutherford's stone house - later Mr. Stevens replaced w/ a brick house (see #16 on Main Street)
2. Long frame building - used by Mr. McGilvery as a gun shop - succeeded by Mr. Crummy
3. White frame house - John Effinger
4. Business houses
5. Log house (later location of Morrison house) (in description of #11, Back St, . Mrs. Carr gives description as frame house - Mr. Furry
6. Jail
7. Dr. Craven
8. White frame house - Mrs. Baxter, widow of Richard Baxter
9. Large white frame building - Methodist Church
10. Graveyard
11. Log house - Mr. Wheeler, sexton & grave digger
12. Stone house - Wm. Sites
13. Tan-yard - Mr. Gibbons
14. Mr. Bowlin (shoemaker)
15. House where Peggy Smoot was killed
16. White frame house - Dr. George Clark - later Mrs. Crummy
17. White frame house - Mr. Smith - later Dr. Hunter then Mr. Bowes
18. Long brick building - John Sites (see #15 on Main Street)

Staunton Road (Main Street) including Court Square
Back Street (Liberty Street)
Red Hill Road (East Market St.)

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