| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Dauphin — Col. Timothy Green |
| | In the graveyard to the south rests Timothy Green, officer in the French and Indian War; signer of the Hanover Independence Resolves in June, 1774; an outstanding leader of this region in the Revolution. — Map (db m12506) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Dauphin — Fort Hunter |
| | Stockaded blockhouse, built 1755-56, on the site of present Fort Hunter Museum. Used to protect the frontier and as a supply base in building Fort Augusta. Abandoned and fell to ruins after 1763. — Map (db m1511) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Dauphin — Simon Girty |
| | (1741–1818). Frontiersman known as the “Great Renegade” was born nearby. Captured by Indians, 1756, he lived among the Senecas and learned their language and culture. Following his release, he became an interpreter for the American army; deserted in 1778. Afterwards he led British and Native American war parties against frontier settlements. Hostile to the U.S. in War of 1812. Regarded as a loyalists by some and a “white savage” by others, he remains controversial. He died in Canada. — Map (db m1587) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Duncannon — Clark's Ferry Bridge Company |
| | William Jennings - President Christian W. Lynch - Vice-president William Wills - Secretary Patrick F. Duncan - Treasurer Frank M. Masters - Chief Engineer Ralph Modjeski - Consulting Engineer Paul P. Cret - Consulting Architect The Vang Const. Co. - Contractors (Around relief artwork of the original bridge) The original structure at this location built 1828-29 replaced 1924-25 Constructed and operated as a public utility in accordance with the laws of the commonwealth and . . . — Map (db m19710) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Elizabethville — Eisenhower Ancestral Home |
| | Built in 1854 by Jacob F. Eisenhower Grandfather of Dwight D. Eisenhower 34th President of the United States of America From this farm the family migrated to Kansas in the summer of 1878. — Map (db m12495) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Grantville — Fort Manda |
| | In this vicinity stood James Brown's log house-fort, named Fort Manda when garrisoned as an outpost of Fort Swatara from January, 1756 to May, 1757. Its usual complement consisted of 21 officers and men. No description of the fort has survived. — Map (db m12508) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Halifax — Fort Halifax |
| | Just west of this point stood Fort Halifax. It was built in 1756 by Col. William Clapham, and was one of the chain of frontier forts built to protect settlers in this region during French and Indian War days. — Map (db m12503) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Halifax — Pennsylvania Canal — Eastern Division |
| | This Division was built, 1826-33; operated until 1901. Here, at old Clark's Ferry Towpath Bridge, the State's great inland canal traffic in iron, coal, and lumber crossed the Susquehanna. Lykens Valley coal trade, by way of Wiconisco Canal, joined it on the east bank. — Map (db m6901) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — “Never Again” |
| | This memorial to the Holocaust, once a dream for survivors who settled in this community, became a reality in 1994 and was rededicated in 2007.
The monument represents a spiritual reminder of the darkest chapter of history, when Hitler perpetrated a systematic state persecution and murder of six million Jewish women, men and children and of five million other victims deemed undesirable. It describes the toll of unleashed discrimination and the resilience of the human spirit in . . . — Map (db m6279) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — 104th Cavalry |
| | This tablet erected
by
The Veterans Association
of the 104th Cavalry
and the active members
of the regiment
in memory of
the officers and men
who died in service
of their country
dedicated 12 June 1971
on the fiftieth anniversary
Organization of the
104th Armored Cavalry, PARNG — Map (db m6715) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — 333 Market Street |
| | At 341 feet in height, 333 Market Street represents the pinnacle of Harrisburg's robust skyline and is not only the city's tallest building, but also the tallest of any building located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Built in 1977 as part of the first generation of new development in Center City under the Harristown Urban Renewal Plan, 333 Market Street followed shortly after the construction of Phase I of Strawberry Square in fulfilling the strategy of locating expanding state office . . . — Map (db m6686) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Abraham Lincoln |
| | On February 22, 1861, while journeying to Washington for his Inauguration, Lincoln stopped at the Jones House, on this site. From the portico of the hotel, he addressed a large crowd gathered in Market Square. — Map (db m6577) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Bellevue Park |
| | The centerpiece of improvements to Harrisburg's marvelous park system, launched in 1902, was the "Crown Jewel" of Reservoir Park situated at the city's summit. Adjacent to this summit, flowing to the south, were the open fields of an old farm named Belle Vue, acquired by German-born Christian Haehnlen in 1856, and later bequeathed to his son, Jacob, who built there a summer retreat in 1876. The home was in turn inherited by Jacob's son, Louis, who established a well-known grapery and wine . . . — Map (db m6889) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Bishop McDevitt High School |
| | Standing picturesquely upon a slope rising to the summit of Reservoir Park and at the apex of Market Street's climb from Center City is Bishop McDevitt High School, primary parochial secondary school serving the City of Harrisburg and the Harrisburg East Shore. The School's roots are traced to the Catholic Diocese's first high school, which opened in 1918 at Cathedral Hall, now known as the CYO Building, at North and Church Streets behind Saint Patrick Cathedral. By 1925, dramatically increased . . . — Map (db m6888) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Breeze Hill |
| | Quietly nestled at the corner of 21st Street and Bellevue Road is a true historic landmark: the home of the internationally recognized founder of the American Civic Association and modern-day American Rose Society, J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948). It was here on the original 2.4-acre "pie-shaped" lot that one of the most widely known gardens in America was established. The energies of McFarland in bringing national attention to Harrisburg's City Beautiful plan, in advancing the cause of scenic . . . — Map (db m6893) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Broad Street Market |
| | The Broad Street Market consists of the oldest continuously operated market houses in the United States. By the advent of the Civil War, Harrisburg began to develop north of North Street onto the newly subdivided lands of William Verbeke, John Forster and John Fox. This growth generated the demand for a new farmers market, in addition to the original markets situated in the middle of Market Square since the end of the 18th Century. Thus was formed The West Harrisburg Market Company which in . . . — Map (db m6795) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — C. Delores Tucker — (1927 - 2005) |
| | Civil rights leader and activist for women, she was the first African American Secretary of State in the nation. Championed the PA Equal Rights Amendment and policies on affirmative action, voter registration by mail, and lowering the voting age to 18. Spearheaded the creation of the Commission on the Status of Women & led a successful crusade critical of the music industry and lyrics demeaning to women, African Americans, and children. — Map (db m6767) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Camel Back Bridge |
| | A covered wooden bridge, designed by Theodore Burr, was built here in 1813-17; called "Camel Back" because of its unique arch design. The structure, partly rebuilt in 1847 and 1867, was replaced after severe flood damage in 1902. — Map (db m6375) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Camelback and Market Street Bridges |
| | The bridge river crossing at this spot is Harrisburg's oldest and most historic. First to be erected was the Camelback Bridge, known for its irregular and "rolling" covered bridge profile and the first bridge to ever cross the Susquehanna River that flows through three states. Authorized for construction in 1809 and completed in 1816, the Bridge's financial success as a link to the farmers of Cumberland County to its west helped to establish Harrisburg's early importance as a major . . . — Map (db m6376) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Camp Curtin |
| | Harrisburg's Civil War importance as a transportation center and state capital became strikingly clear upon the fall of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, in April of 1861 when President Abraham Lincoln and Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin issued a call for volunteers to take up arms against the Confederacy. New recruits would converge on hastily established Union camps from which troops would be dispatched. The largest of these camps throughout the entire course of the War, . . . — Map (db m6489) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Camp Curtin |
| | Here on 80 acres stood a great training camp of the Civil War. It was named after Andrew Gregg Curtin, Pennsylvania Governor, 1861-1867. Between April 1861 and April 1865, more military units were organized here than at any other Northern camp. — Map (db m6492) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Camp Curtin 1861 - 1865 |
| | In memory of more than 300,000 soldiers of the Civil War. The flower of the nation's youth and the maturity of her manhood, who passed into and out of this camp to the field of battle. A united country enjoys the fruits of their victory for liberty and union. — Map (db m6496) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Capitol Park |
| | The deliberations during the first decade of the 19th Century through which Harrisburg prevailed in achieving State Capital status were in part spawned by the donation by John Harris, Jr., in 1785, of four acres of the oldest portion of Capitol Park to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania when the plan for Harrisburg was laid out that year. Topographically, Capitol Park is still reminiscent of its early days as a knoll which at that time rose from the wheat fields and swampland of the Susquehanna . . . — Map (db m6696) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — City Island |
| | This 63-acre Susquehanna River jewel and major tourism and recreational destination has lured human occupations not just since Harrisburg was founded and throughout the ensuing centuries but also by prehistoric native Americans beginning at least 9,000 years ago. This key land mass, set within the river, served as the convergence of ancient trails and would later establish the city's prominence as a transportation center. The Island contains archaeological treasures of the Susquehannocks and . . . — Map (db m7098) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Cumberland Valley Railroad Bridge |
| | The coming of the railroad to Harrisburg in 1836 led to the construction of the first bridges to span the Susquehanna, since the building of the Camelback Bridge in 1817, which planted the seed for what would become the city's trademark of distinctive river crossings. The Cumberland Valley Railroad was one of several infant railroads, prior to being consolidated with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the mid 19th Century, to emanate from Harrisburg, helping to make the city become one of the . . . — Map (db m6593) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Dauphin County |
| | Formed March 4, 1785 from part of Lancaster County. The name honors the eldest son of the French King Louis XVI. Harrisburg, the county seat, was laid out in 1785 and chartered a city in 1860. Since 1812 it has been the State capital of Pennsylvania. — Map (db m6399) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Dauphin County Courthouse |
| | Dauphin County's third and present courthouse since the 1785 creation of the County was completed in 1943 at this, the traditional and most prominent entrance to the City of Harrisburg. It replaced the second Courthouse, erected in 1860, which stood on the northeast corner of Market and Court Streets. The present building, designed by the noted Harrisburg architectural firm of Lawrie and Green in the neo-classic revival interpretation of the Art Deco style, is a monumental edifice representing . . . — Map (db m6400) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Dauphin Deposit Bank Building |
| | The structure across the street is the oldest bank building in the Harrisburg Metropolitan Area and stands as an icon to the financial institution that helped to fuel the City's growth since the 1830's. Survivor of several Economic Panics, the Civil War, the Great Depression, and two World Wars, the banking operations in this building were guided from 1840 to 1945 by three generations of one of Harrisburg's most influential families, the McCormick's, and also by the Cameron's. The bank and . . . — Map (db m6632) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Eagle Hotel and Bolton Hotel |
| | On the site directly across the street stood the Eagle Hotel, a three-story brick structure opened by George Buehler in January of 1812. It was here that Charles Dickens stayed when touring America in 1842 during which time he authored "American Notes" and in which he praised the hotel's proprietor. The Eagle Hotel was enlarged under the new ownership of the Bolton family in the early 1860's when it was renamed the Bolton Hotel. At that time, a series of neighboring townhouses that had earlier . . . — Map (db m6750) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Engleton |
| | By the end of the 19th Century, Harrisburg's distinction as State Capital, transportation center and nucleus of industry unleashed development energy to keep pace with the pressing need for housing in the rapidly growing city. Builders emerged to construct homes block-by-block in recently subdivided lands located closer to the municipal boundaries of 1860, the year that Harrisburg was incorporated as a city. One of the best preserved "snapshots" of this development activity can be seen in what . . . — Map (db m6254) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Executive Mansion |
| | The second official Governor's residence occupied a site across this street. Originally a private home acquired in 1864, it was altered and enlarged by many of its occupants. In the 1880's it was referred to as "Keystone Hall." After 96 years of use, it was demolished in 1960. — Map (db m6288) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Executive Mansion |
| | The first official Governor's residence stood at this site. Purchased in 1858, it housed only two governors. Packer and Curtin. It was sold in 1864 when the second official residence which became "Keystone Hall," was acquired. — Map (db m6564) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Federal Square |
| | One block northeast of Harrisburg's Market Square is located a place that became known by the end of the 19th century as Federal Square, the block bounded by N. Third, Locust, Court and Walnut Streets. Since 1877, this block has been the site of the U.S. Government's presence in Harrisburg. By act of Congress that year, funds were authorized for the construction of Harrisburg's first stand-alone and fully complemented post office facility. Earlier, Harrisburg's post offices had been located . . . — Map (db m6695) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Firefighters' Memorial Monument |
| | This statue, plaza and site perpetually commemorates the past and present dedication, skill and contributions of the men and women of the fires service of the City of Harrisburg and of this Commonwealth and Nation.
Forever shall this site memorialize those who have been lost in the line-of-duty. The service, sacrifice, valor and courage of such fire-fighters inspire and embolden the Nation and this City. Their names are enshrined for all time for their supreme and gallant effort for Country . . . — Map (db m6283) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Genevieve Blatt (1913 - 1996) |
| | One of the most influential women in Pennsylvania politics in the 20th century. First woman to be elected to a statewide office, Secretary of Internal Affairs, and to be nominated by a major party to run for the U.S. Senate. Elected to the Commonwealth Court in 1973, she wrote the 1975 opinion that gave girls equal access to school sports. Blatt lived at 115 North Street for twenty-five years. — Map (db m6308) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — George J. Heisely Residence and the National Anthem |
| | In the building at the northwest corner of N. Second and Walnut Streets lived George J. Heisely (1789-1880) who was a Harrisburg mathematical instrument and clockmaker. Heisely had joined the First Regiment of the Pennsylvania Militia's First Brigade during the War of 1812 when a call was made for the defense of Baltimore in September of 1814. Heisely was accompanied by fellow regiment volunteers Ferdinand Durang and brother Charles Durang while encamped just outside the city. Francis Scott Key . . . — Map (db m6624) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Governor's Residence |
| | This is the present home of the Governor of Pennsylvania. It was completed in 1968 and is the third official executive mansion located in Harrisburg. — Map (db m6245) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Governor's Residence |
| | Opposite is the present home of the Governor of Pennsylvania. Designed in the Georgian Revival style, it was completed in 1968 and is the third official executive residence in Harrisburg. "Keystone Hall," an earlier Governor's residence, located further south on Front Street, was razed in 1960 after 96 years of use. — Map (db m6247) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Governors’ Row |
| | This fine collection of historic Front Street townhouses is the single most important row of homes that can be associated with the lives of early Pennsylvania Governors. The original houses on the block; Federal in style and dating to 1812 were designed by Stephen Hills, architect of the old Pennsylvania Capitol, that was completed in 1822. Two of the original homes at 23 and 27 n. Front Street, survive. The other three, at 17, 21 and 25 N. Front Street, either were replaced or enlarged upon . . . — Map (db m6374) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Grace Methodist Church |
| | After the state capitol was destroyed by fire on February 2, 1897, this church building became the temporary quarters of the state legislature while the new capitol was being constructed. — Map (db m6726) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Grace United Methodist Church |
| | This church, built between 1873 and 1878, can be said to have saved Harrisburg from losing its status as the Capital of Pennsylvania. Since 1809, efforts were made to return the Capital from its temporary location at Lancaster to Philadelphia where it was prior to 1799. Philadelphia loyalists tried unsuccessfully to effectuate this move when Harrisburg was chosen as the Capital in 1810. They tried again in 1816 when the appropriation to build the first Capitol Building was approved, as well as . . . — Map (db m6727) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Grand Opera House |
| | On the southeast corner of N. Third and Walnut Streets stood the Grand Opera House, erected in 1873 at a cost of $160,000, by the Masonic Fraternity and designed by architect Frank E. Davis. Serving also as the Harrisburg Masonic Temple, lodge rooms were located on the upper floors and a theater, which was separately leased for cultural events, was situated below. Here Harrisburg's cultural life was taken to new heights as a place where nationally renowned theatrical and musical productions . . . — Map (db m6748) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Greetings to Future Harrisburgers |
| | In a shaft directly beneath this monument, in a metal cylinder is contained a documented history of Harrisburg from it's early beginnings along with evidences of the way of life in our time.
It is our fervent hope that you will bring them to light during 2060, prior to your bi-centennial celebration, sort them out and again inter some of them along with your own for evaluation by future generations.
May God guide your endeavors.
The Centennial Committee
September, 1960 — Map (db m6337) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harris Switch Tower |
| | By 1929, Harrisburg's growth as a freight and passenger rail hub in the eastern United States necessitated the introduction of new rail interlocking technologies to guide the convergence of high volume locomotive traffic through the city. At that time, over 100 passenger and 20 freight trains per day passed through the yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad here on fifteen tracks. The widening of the Market Street subway in 1926 and completion of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge in 1930 . . . — Map (db m6849) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg |
| | Pennsylvania's capital since 1812. As Harris' Ferry, was settled a century before by John Harris Sr. Laid out as a town in 1785 by John Harris Jr. For over 200 years a center of travel, trade and historic events. — Map (db m7107) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg |
| | Pennsylvania's capital since 1812. As Harris' Ferry, was settled a century before by John Harris Sr. Laid out as a town in 1785 by John Harris Jr. For over 200 years a center of travel, trade and historic events. — Map (db m7110) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg |
| | Pennsylvania's capital since 1812. As Harris' Ferry, was settled a century before by John Harris Sr. Laid out as a town in 1785 by John Harris Jr. For over 200 years a center of travel, trade and historic events. — Map (db m7159) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg Cemetery |
| | Here is established Harrisburg's oldest and largest Cemetery and final resting place of many noted individuals of national, state and local importance in all walks of life. Chartered in 1845, the Cemetery was created just outside the limits of the then-Borough of Harrisburg on the rural bluff of what would be later known as Allison Hill. It became evident that a new cemetery, properly situated as a tribute to Harrisburg's by-gone generations, was required to fulfill the need to relocate graves . . . — Map (db m6851) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg Cemetery |
| | This 35-acre cemetery, chartered by the Commonwealth and opened in 1845, is the oldest and largest in the capital city. It is noted for its ornate statuary, original caretaker's house designed by A.J. Downing, and late Victorian landscape architecture. More than 30,000 persons are interred here, including Revolutionary War dead, Pennsylvania Governors, and others of local, state and national renown. — Map (db m7109) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg Giants |
| | Harrisburg-based Negro League baseball team founded around 1900 and operated by Colonel William Strothers until his death in 1933. One of 27 major Negro League teams across the nation, the Giants finished in second place in the Eastern Colored League in 1925. Among well-known players were Hall-of Famer Oscar Charleston, Spottswood Poles, Ben Taylor, John Beckwith, Fats Jenkins and Rap Dixon. They played here at Island Park through 1957. — Map (db m7103) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg Hospital |
| | Harrisburg Hospital, the city's first public hospital, opened in the former South Ward School building in 1873, beginning a course that today makes Harrisburg a major health and research center. The school faced Mulberry Street (now vacated) which paralleled the Cumberland Valley Railroad line allowing emergency access for the infirmed who traveled there by rail. The first main hospital building, which was added to the west side of the school and faced S. Front Street, was completed in 1884. . . . — Map (db m6600) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg Public Library Dauphin County Library System |
| | Founded in 1889, the Harrisburg Public Library became a national model of 19th Century efforts to bring the world's information to community residents, a role that continues today. Its first home was at 125 Locust Street in a building erected by James McCormick, Jr., which still stands. McCormick lived around the corner at 101 N. Front Street, just across Walnut Street from the side yard garden of the Haldeman Mansion at 27 n. Front Street. It was here that Jacob Haldeman's daughter, Sara . . . — Map (db m6346) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Harrisburg State Hospital |
| | The first State mental hospital in Pennsylvania. Opened in 1851, a result of efforts by the noted humanitarian, Dorothea Lynde Dix, to improve this State's treatment of the mentally ill. The hospital is on the wooded hills east of this marker, overlooking the city. — Map (db m6474) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Hilton Harrisburg and Towers |
| | When it opened amidst regalia and fanfare in the fall of 1990, the Hilton Harrisburg and Towers reclaimed Harrisburg's traditional role as Central Pennsylvania's primary destination for the lodging and conference industry. Although plans for a major new hotel were advanced as early as 1974, it was not until the mid-1980's that concreted efforts were made, under the leadership of the City of Harrisburg, to muster the resources required to engage in such a major undertaking. the northeast . . . — Map (db m6556) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Historic Midtown Market District |
| | Just prior to the Civil War, Harrisburg's northern development reached only as far as North Street, although its northern boundary extended to Herr Street under an annexation to the original Borough in 1838. In 1860, Harrisburg was incorporated as a City with its newly annexed territory extending all the way to Maclay Street. That same year, as neighborhoods were expanding up to Verbeke Street, the original stone building of the Broad Street Market opened. The Market became the catalyst to the . . . — Map (db m6794) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Hope Fire Station |
| | Directly across this street stands the Hope Fire Station, oldest fire station in Harrisburg and one of the oldest in the U.S. It was originally owned by the Hope Fire Company, which was organized in 1814, and which built this building in 1871. Distinctive through its Italianate architectural design with tall arch-headed windows and corbelled exterior brickwork, the building remains a symbol of the classic neighborhood fire station of the 19th Century. The Hope Company, which was a volunteer . . . — Map (db m6740) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Italian Lake |
| | As early as 1903, reference was made to a strip of ground at the "head of Second Street" above Division Street which would become part of the comprehensive parks improvement plan advanced by landscape architect Warren Manning of Boston at the start of Harrisburg's City Beautiful Movement. Known even then as Italian Park, the land was a wooded wetland fed by springs and was a popular place for outings as were other sylvan areas just outside the city limits prior to the establishment of the . . . — Map (db m6485) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — J. Donald Cameron — (1833 - 1918) |
| | U.S. Senator, 1877-97. Secretary of War under Ulysses Grant, 1876-77. President, Northern Central R.R., 1863-74. Son of Simon Cameron. His mansion here, acquired 1870, had many visitors and was the scene of major political and business decisions. — Map (db m6299) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — J. Donald Cameron Mansion |
| | During the midst of the Civil War fury in 1863 would rise this magnificent residence, situated directly across this street, which was purchased in 1870 by J. Donald Cameron (1833-1918), son of Simon Cameron. The elder Cameron had served as President Lincoln's first Secretary of War during the early years of "The Rebellion," and was the organizer of one of the most powerful and lasting state political machines in U.S. history. Son J. Donald continued the Cameron legacy as Secretary of War to . . . — Map (db m6297) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — J. Horace McFarland — (1859 - 1948) |
| | Printer, horticulturist, conservationist, and "City Beautiful advocate. President, American Civic Association, 1904-24, and editor, "American Rose Annual," 1916-43. He worked successfully for preservation of Niagara Falls and creation of the National Park Service. McFarland stressed the duty of civic leaders to build a beautiful, healthful environment. his Breeze Hill home and gardens were in Harrisburg's Bellevue Park. — Map (db m6280) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — James McCormick Mansion |
| | This house was built in 1869 by James McCormick, Jr. (1832-1917), a noted banker, industrialist, community leader and member of one of Harrisburg's oldest families. His father, James McCormick Sr., was one of the early Presidents of Dauphin Deposit Bank (now Allfirst Bank). James Jr. succeeded his father in this role as did his son Donald m. McCormick, resulting in the family having leadership roles in the bank for over a century from 1840 to 1945. the house is one of the best surviving . . . — Map (db m6344) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — John Frederick Hartranft — 1830 - 1889 |
| | 1861 - Raised 4th and 51st Pennsylvania Volunteers
1865 - Special Provost Marshall for Lincoln Conspirators
1866 - 1879 Governor of Pennsylvania, State Constitution Revised
1879 - Father of Modern National Guard of Pennsylvania
1886 - Medal of Honor for Valor at 1st Battle of Bull Run — Map (db m6716) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — John Harris' Gift |
| | In 1785, the founder of Harrisburg set aside a four-acre lot, now this section of Capitol Park, to be held in trust for the use of the State. The Legislature accepted the gift, 1810, when it voted to make this city the capital. — Map (db m6713) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — John Harris Mansion |
| | Built by John Harris Jr., founder of Harrisburg, in 1764-66. It was Simon Cameron's home, 1863-89, and many famous people visited there. It is now home of the Dauphin County Historical Society. — Map (db m6598) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — John Harris Sr. Grave Site |
| | Here lies John Harris, Sr., father of the founder of the City of Harrisburg, who emigrated from Yorkshire England in the early 18th Century to share in the opportunities of William Penn's new world. First locating in Philadelphia, Harris made his living by removing tree stumps to open new streets in that city. There, through his friendship with Edward Shippen, Esq., first mayor of Philadelphia, he met his wife-to-be, Esther Say. The Harrises moved to Chester County and then to Bainbridge, . . . — Map (db m6596) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — John Harris, Jr. — 1726 - 1791 |
| | Buried here is the founder of the city of Harrisburg. In 1785, he and five others planned and named the city. — Map (db m6826) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — John Harris/Simon Cameron Mansion |
| | Here is situated the stone residence of John Harris, Jr. (1727-1791), the founder of Harrisburg, which he erected at the end of the French and Indian War in 1766. In 1785, the Borough of Harrisburg was laid out in the house's front parlor by Harris and his son-in-law, William Maclay. Upon Harris' death, the house passed to his sons, first to David Harris and then to Robert in 1805 who resided there until 1835 when it was sold to Thomas Elder, a local attorney. After Elder's death in 1853, the . . . — Map (db m6594) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Keystone Hall |
| | Although Harrisburg was designated State Capital in 1810 and has had a State Capitol Building since 1822, it was not until just prior to the Civil War in 1858 that an official Governor's residence was procured. prior to that time, Pennsylvania Governors obtained their own residences, mostly on Front Street from which the affairs of the Office were conducted. The first Executive Mansion stood at 111 S. Second Street, just south of Chestnut Street, and was occupied by only two Governors: William . . . — Map (db m6289) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Kunkel Building |
| | This building was erected in 1914 as the home of the Mechanics Trust Company, a Harrisburg bank that later went "bust" during the Depression. the Bank was one of many of the era that made Harrisburg the region's financial center, a role the city has expanded in the present day. It also served as one of Harrisburg's first high-rise office buildings, contributing to the early 20th Century urbanization of City Center. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the building is . . . — Map (db m6657) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Lest We Forget |
| | This statue erected by grateful parents of soldier sons in honor of those living and dead who served in the World War.
This boulder from the foot of Round Top, Battlefield of Gettysburg — Map (db m6287) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Lincoln Cemetery |
| | A landmark of central Pennsylvania's African American history. Established in 1827 by Wesley Union A.M.E. Zion Church. Among those buried here are T. Morris Chester, William Howard Day, Catherine McClintock, and at least 20 veterans of the Civil War. — Map (db m7111) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Lochiel Hotel and Colonial Theater |
| | This building was erected in 1835 in the Greek Revival architectural style and was originally known as the Wilson Hotel. Such notables as Daniel Webster and singer Jenny Lind stayed here. It was a nationally known favorite of 19th Century political figures. Major Marcus Reno (U.S. Army, 7th Cavalry) of Little Big Horn fame frequented this establishment. In the late 1800's, the building was "Victorianized" through the creation of the mansard roof and window trim embellishments and was renamed . . . — Map (db m6656) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Market Square |
| | For over a century farm produce was sold here in market sheds and from wagons at the curbs. The first sheds were built soon after the city was laid out in 1785; the last were removed in 1889. Many inns faced the Square. — Map (db m6591) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Market Square |
| | Here is situated the nationally renowned historic and contemporary urban hub of the City of Harrisburg and the Greater Harrisburg Metropolitan Area. Laid out as the center focus of John Harris, Jr.'s plan in 1785 when Harrisburg was a launching point for Western pioneer excursions and a trading center, Market Square has witnessed ongoing transformations driven by a town on the move. Originally occupying low swampy land, the Square was configured and improved to allow for the erection in 1792 of . . . — Map (db m6592) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Market Square Presbyterian Church |
| | With its roots dating to 1794 and having evolved from the earlier Paxton Presbyterian Church east of the city in what would become Paxtang, the Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg originally met in rooms of the old jail, on Walnut Street, and in the first Courthouse, on Market Street. The congregation's first church building was erected in 1809 on the northeast corner of S. Second Street and Cherry Alley just a block to the south of the present building. Rebuilt in 1842, the Church continued to . . . — Map (db m6576) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Mexican War Monument |
| | Erected by the State of Pennsylvania 1868. Commemorative of her citizens who lost their lives during the War with Mexico in 1845, 47 & 48. — Map (db m6714) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Mira Lloyd Dock — (1853 - 1945) |
| | Botanist, educator, author, civic leader, conservationist, activist. She served on the State Forestry Reservation Commission, 1901-13. she catalyzed the birth of Harrisburg's "City Beautiful" movement in a speech to the Board of Trade, Dec. 20, 1900. this movement produced the city's park system (including Riverfront Park here) and other major civic improvements. Mira Dock lived on Front Street across from this marker. — Map (db m6255) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Mira Lloyd Dock Residence |
| | Perhaps the single-most important event that would trigger the public's embrace of Harrisburg's City Beautiful movement was the speech given on the evening of December 20, 1900, to the Harrisburg Board of Trade by social reformer and environmentalist Mira Lloyd Dock (1853-1945). Dock, who was born and raised in Harrisburg, formed a collaboration in the 1890's with noted Harrisburg printer and horticulturalist, J. Horace McFarland, to spearhead a new environmental consciousness, which . . . — Map (db m6257) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Moment of Mercy |
| | By Sculptor Terry Jones The Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December of 1862, was one of the bloodier engagements of the American Civil War. On December 13th, Federal troops made repeated assaults against Confederate positions behind the stone walls along the Sunken Road at Marye’s Heights. In five hours an estimated 6,300 Union soldiers lay dead or wounded on the battlefield. As darkness approached, a light snow fell and the temperatures dropped to near zero. All through the frigid . . . — Map (db m7272) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Mount Pleasant Press - The J. Horace McFarland Company |
| | Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous national figures during the first half of the 20th Century. McFarland, who went into the seed catalogue printing business as a young man in the 1880's, moved his operation to this site in 1889. McFarland was devoted to the sensitive stewardship of the natural . . . — Map (db m6850) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Mulberry Street Bridge |
| | The linkage of downtown Harrisburg with the emerging Allsion Hill at this location was established in 1891 with the opening of the original Mulberry Street Bridge. Hailed at that time by Harrisburg civic leader J. Horace McFarland as "the day Greater Harrisburg was born," the bridge, which replaced a dangerous railroad grade crossing, represented an early success of what at that time could have been considered "regional consolidation." Prior to the opening of the bridge, Allsion Hill was viewed . . . — Map (db m6659) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Brick Capitol |
| | The first State Capitol on this site was designed and built by Stephen Hills, 1819-1821. It was first occupied by the Legislature on January 2, 1822, and was used until destroyed by fire, February 2, 1897. — Map (db m6768) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Capitol Building |
| | When the decision was made in 1810 to designate Harrisburg the Pennsylvania State Capital, the prophecy of John Harris Jr.'s town plan of 1785 was realized. At that time, he donated four acres of land to the Commonwealth, a portion of which is now Capitol Park, to induce the future location of the state seat of government there. The Legislature's decision of moving the Capital, temporarily located at Lancaster was the result of sharp discourse over whether Pennsylvania's seat of government . . . — Map (db m6724) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Dauphin County Courthouses |
| | Two Dauphin County Courthouses occupied this site at the intersection of Market St. and what was originally known as Raspberry Street, later appropriately renamed Court Street. John Harris, Jr.'s original plan for Harrisburg set aside this land for use by the County, which was created from a portion of Lancaster County in 1785 and named for the Crown Prince of France to recognize French support in the American Revolution. As the new county seat, Harrisburg was actually named Louisburg for . . . — Map (db m6652) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Dauphin County Prison |
| | The second Dauphin County Prison stood on the southeast corner of Walnut and Court Streets. Completed in 1841, it replaced a log structure erected circa 1792 at the time that the first Dauphin County Courthouse was built directly behind this property on Market Street. In 1899, the Prison was enlarged through the addition of a third story and expanded exterior walls by employing similar gothic and castle-like architectural features to that of the earlier prison building. Although the Prison's . . . — Map (db m6749) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Harrisburg Academy/Dixon University Center |
| | Founded in 1784 by John Harris Jr., through profits generated by his Ferry across the Susquehanna, the Harrisburg Academy erected this riverside campus in 1908. The school was officially incorporated through an Act of the State Legislature in 1809 and would become a preeminent private educational institution for boys within the region. The Academy was first located at the John Harris/Simon Cameron Mansion and later at the William Maclay Mansion and Academy annex building at Front and South . . . — Map (db m6479) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Pennsylvania Railroad Station |
| | Harrisburg grew from its earliest days due to its strategic location as a gateway to western expansion, becoming one of the most important inland centers of U.S. transportation and trade. The development of rail lines along the same routes as the earlier canal systems converged in downtown Harrisburg. The original portion of the present station was opened November 23, 1887 at 8:00 p.m. Constructed of pressed laid brick in red mortar, Hummelstown Brownstone and terra cotta trim, the building . . . — Map (db m6687) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Old Salem Church |
| | Standing on land granted for religious purposes in 1785 by John Harris, this church was erected, 1822. It replaced one built of logs in 1787, the first church structure in present-day Harrisburg. — Map (db m6570) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Original Capitol Complex |
| | When ten hilltop acres of William Maclay's farm were sold in 1810 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the ultimate erection of the Old Capitol Building, the sale was predicated upon Maclay's earlier prescribed directive establishing exactly where the building would be located. It was to face the Susquehanna River to the west with the building's center positioned along the intersecting centerline of a new street to be opened and named "State Street." This directive thus established the . . . — Map (db m6690) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Parish Church of St. Lawrence (Former) |
| | The prominence of Harrisburg's State Street, between the Capitol and the Susquehanna River, is enhanced by the presence of two Roman Catholic edifices. While the Cathedral of St. Patrick, closer to the Capitol, helps to capture the grandeur of the Capitol's domed neoclassicism, the former Parish Church of St. Lawrence, closer to the river, evokes serenity through its pure and elegantly crafted architecture of the European Gothic, the execution of which can be considered one of the finest in . . . — Map (db m6731) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Parson John Elder House |
| | Although the original Borough of Harrisburg and its oldest neighborhoods comprise the area now occupied by the Central Business District, the city's oldest structure is ironically located at its eastern end amidst 20th Century development. This location, however, is understood when realizing that the house, built in 1740, was the home of Parson John Elder, early Presbyterian minister of the nearby Paxton Presbyterian Church in Paxtang. Considered the oldest Presbyterian Church building in . . . — Map (db m6887) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Paxtang Manor |
| | A tract of 1272 acres, now this part of Harrisburg, was first surveyed in 1732 for Thomas Penn, and was known as Paxtang Manor. It was sole, 1760, to three colonial settlers; Thomas Simpson, Thomas Forester, Thomas McKee. — Map (db m6277) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Paxton Church |
| | A short way from here is early 18th century Paxton Church. The first pastor was installed in 1732. In the churchyard are buried John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, Senator William Maclay, and many other eminent leaders. — Map (db m6821) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Paxton Church |
| | Organized as a congregation in 1732, with William Bertram as first pastor. The second pastor was the famed "Fighting Parson," John Elder. In the churchyard are buried John Harris, Jr., William Maclay and other notables of this region. — Map (db m6822) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Paxton Presbyterian Church — Founded in 1716 |
| | The first building on this site, a log structure, was erected about 1716. Regular pastorate was established in 1726. The present stone building was erected in 1740 and was restored in 1931. It is the oldest Presbyterian Church building in continuous use in Pennsylvania. The church site was deeded by heirs of Wm Penn in 1744. Deed copies exhibited in the old church building. — Map (db m6824) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Paxton Riflemen |
| | Under Capt. Matthew Smith and Lt. Michael Simpson, a company of riflemen from Paxton Township marched to Quebec, Canada, to serve with Montgomery in the attack on that city on December 31, 1775. — Map (db m7130) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Payne-Shoemaker Building |
| | The economic prosperity enjoyed nationally throughout the 1920's was clearly not lost upon Harrisburg's downtown development. By the decade's climatic conclusion there would rise a new generation of buildings in the city - those not traditionally located at the hub of Market Square nor on Market Street, but instead farther north commanding the view and sharing the prestige of Capitol Park and the Main Capitol Building. So it was that local developer Frank Payne and contractor Raymond Shoemaker . . . — Map (db m6717) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Canal |
| | A State-owned canal system, built 1826-34, to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie. The first lock on the canal to be dedicated, March 13, 1827, was "Penn Lock," 150 yards east. It was replaced in 1859 by Locks No. 10 and 11. — Map (db m6775) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Canal |
| | The rise of Harrisburg's importance and distinction as one of the major transportation centers in the eastern United States was launched on March 14, 1827, by the laying of the cornerstone at the eastern end of Walnut Street downtown for the construction of Lock #6 of the Pennsylvania Canal. The completion of New York State's Erie Canal in 1824 prompted the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to explore the development of a transportation system to open up the interior of the state by linking . . . — Map (db m6831) |
| Pennsylvania (Dauphin County), Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Farm Show |
| | First held in January 1917, the Farm Show took place each year at various Harrisburg locations until 1931, when it moved to the new Main Exhibition Building here. The Large Arena first opened for the 1939 show. From modest beginnings, the Farm Show ultimately grew into one of the world's largest indoor gatherings devoted to the celebration and promotion of agriculture. — Map (db m6252) |
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