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CHARLES WASHINGTON HALL
CHARLES TOWN, W. VA.
(Sometimes called the Market Building)
The original building was built in 1806 on land donated
by Charles Washington, brother of the first president of
the United States. During the war between the states
it was destroyed by fire by Union Soldiers. The people
of Charles Town rebuilt it in 1874. The first floor was
PLACE
STAMP
HERE
used as a market house for over 100 years.
At one time the Charles Town Post Office was located in
this building and it was here that the first rural delivery
mail route in the country was inaugurated in 1896.
This was during the term of William L. Wilson, of
Charles Town, as Postmaster General in President Cleve-
land's cabinet.
POST CARD
Address
S24483
Color by Frank D. Kelley
Published by Kelly Studios, 111 W. Washington St., Hagerstown, Md.
