Lebanon in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Harrison

School Building

— Erected 1890 —

Harrison Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Pope, May 21, 2024

1. Harrison Marker

Inscription. Directors
M.B.Blauch President
J.H.Kochenderfer Secretary
J.D.Miller Treasurer
B.F.Patschke {building Committee}
J.H.Demler {building Committee}
Ezra Boyer {building Committee}
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Harvey T. Hauer Architect
John H. Cilley Builder

Harrison School
1890 - Four room grade and high school
building erected at 7th and Maple
Streets known as the Harrison
Building

1905 - Four room addition constructed
for high school purposes

1929 - Second addition consolidating all
the schools of the Lebanon
Independent Borough

1960 - Final addition including
a gymnatorium

1976 - Closed as a school building

1977 - Original structure and first two
additions demolished

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1890.

Location. 40° 21.007′ N, 76° 25.397′ W. Marker is in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in Lebanon County. It is at the intersection of Maple Street (Pennsylvania Route 343) and North 7th Street, on the right when traveling east on Maple Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 701 Maple St, Lebanon PA 17046, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this

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marker: Harrison School Building (here, next to this marker); Independent Fire Company No. 1 (here, next to this marker); Lebanon Independent Borough (here, next to this marker); The Imperishable Scroll of Honor (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Civil War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Site of Camp Coleman (approx. 0.3 miles away); Reading Railroad Station (approx. half a mile away); Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station (approx. 0.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Photographed by William Pope, May 21, 2024

2. Harrison Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2024, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.