400 East Ridge Street Harpers Ferry, West Virginia 25425 703.771.6301
	"Robert Harper's Ferry" is an island in the stream of time:  Hilltop House is the bridge to its yesterday.
Less than ninety minutes from the Washington or Baltimore beltways, through rolling farmland and the foothills of the Blue Ridge, you'll find Historic Hilltop House Hotel, Restaurant and Conference Center.  The century old stone inn, majestically situated on a mountaintop, overlooks the village of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers.  Thomas Jefferson, during a visit to Harpers Ferry, noted the meeting of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers and the encircling mountains as "worth a voyage across the Atlantic."  The scene Mr. Jefferson described is visible from several of Hilltop's dining rooms, sun porch and many of its guest rooms. Since the 1700's, Harpers Ferry has beckoned seekers of beauty and solitude to a warm bed, and shelter for the weary spirit.  From its beginning in 1888, Historic Hilltop House has graciously met those needs for such guests as Alexander Graham Bell, Mark Twain, Carl Sandburg, Pearl S. Buck, President Woodrow Wilson and more recently President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.  Hilltop House has managed to preserved the uncomplicated presentation, intimacy and tranquil ambience for which it has been known for over one hundred years.    Historic Hilltop House is an establishment directly connected to the rich African American      history of Harpers Ferry.  Its first proprietor and manager was Mr. Thomas S. Lovett, an   African American native of Harpers Ferry.   Mr. Lovett had managed several hotels in Harpers Ferry including the Lockwood House.    Often as he stood overlooking the Potomac River, he dreamed of building his own hotel on   this site where the martyrdom of John Brown took place.   This dream became a reality when the first Hilltop House was built in 1888.  His first   building burned in 1912 and his second in 1917 or 1918, but Mr. Lovett and his wife   Lavonia, were determined to rebuild each time.  Mr. Lovett maintained his proprietorship   of the Hilltop House Hotel for 38 years during a time of great importance to the African   American movement.  In Harpers Ferry, Storer College was created primarily to educate   former slaves, and the first public meeting of the Niagara Movement was held to combat   the injustices of the Jim Crow laws and legal segregation.   Today the Hilltop House stands as a testimony not just to the dedication and determination   of the Lovett's, but also the potential for every American to achieve his dream. For more information on Storer College and the Niagara Movement, visit the Harpers Ferry National Park.
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