Gibson-Todd House
Infobox_nrhp | name =Gibson-Todd House
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location=Charles Town, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 17
lat_seconds = 9
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 51
long_seconds = 24
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
architect= Mullet, Thomas A.
architecture= Late Victorian
added =September 01 ,1983 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=83003238The Gibson-Todd House was the site of thehanging of John Brown, theabolitionist who led a raid onHarpers Ferry, West Virginia before the opening of theAmerican Civil War . The property is located inCharles Town, West Virginia , and includes a largeVictorian style house built in 1891.The house was built by John Thomas Gibson, who led the first armed response to Harpers Ferry during Brown's raid as commander of the
Virginia Militia ] in Jefferson County. Gibson went on to serve as an officer for the Confederacy. After the war he was Mayor of Charles Town.Among those present at Brown's hanging were
Stonewall Jackson ,John McCausland ,J.E.B. Stuart andJohn Wilkes Booth . When the old Jefferson County Jail was demolished, Gibson saved stones from the building and built a monument to the event on the property.The house was designed by Thomas A. Mullett, son of
Alfred B. Mullett . Mullett also designed theNew Opera House and the new Charles Town Jail. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/83003238.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Gibson-Todd House] |954 KB|date=June 8, 1983 |author=Rodney S. Collins and Michael J. Pauley|publisher=National Park Service]References
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