Derry Township in Hershey in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Ceramic Plaques

By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025

1. Ceramic Plaques Marker

Inscription.
These three ceramic plaques once adorned the exterior of the former State Hospital for Crippled Children in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. That hospital, built in 1930, was the predecessor of the former Rehabilitation Center for Children and Adults at this medical center, as well as the current Penn State Hershey Rehabilitation Hospital and Penn State Hershey Children's Hospital.

The plaque depicting a child is patterned after the ceramic infants on the founding Hospital of Florence, Italy designed by Andrea Della Robbia in 1487.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1930.

Location. 40° 15.861′ N, 76° 40.398′ W. Marker is in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in Dauphin County. It is in Derry Township. It is on University Drive south of Campus Drive, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 600 University Dr, Hummelstown PA 17036, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

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Dutch Country,

in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Medical Center (within shouting distance of this marker); Cervical Cancer Prevention (within shouting distance of this marker); Heart-Assist Pump (approx. 0.2 miles away); Family Medicine (approx. 0.2 miles away); Founding Dean (approx. 0.2 miles away); Humanities (approx. 0.2 miles away); Behavioral Science (approx. ¼ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hershey.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), August 23, 2025

2. Ceramic Plaques Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 72 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 24, 2025, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.