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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM424_st-michaels-lutheran-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
The evolution of the English and German-speaking Lutheran congregations in Harrisburg resulted in the establishment of a number of churches that has helped to enhance the city's fabric of sacred architecture and history. From the oldest site at wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM423_the-obelisk_Harrisburg-PA.html
The soldiers and sailors of Harrisburg and Dauphin County who gave their lives during the Civil War were commemorated with the 1866 start-up of construction of the Obelisk in the center of the downtown intersection of N. Second and State Streets. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM422_saint-patricks-cathedral_Harrisburg-PA.html
The magnificent Renaissance Revival-styled Seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg is the second to rise from this prominent State Street property. Completed in 1907, Saint Patrick's Cathedral replaced its more modest predecessor, which w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM421_grace-united-methodist-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 wher…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM420_grace-methodist-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41Z_old-capitol-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41Y_present-state-capitol-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
Upon the destruction of the Old Capitol Building in 1897, the sense of loss was quickly replaced by a new spirit of community advancement for which the construction of a new Capitol Building would act as catalyst. in order to continue the operatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41W_public-sector-unionism_Harrisburg-PA.html
Efforts to organize public workers in PA resulted in Acts 111 in 1968 and 195 in 1970. Tens of thousands of public employees joined unions. The movement to unionize public workers began in the 1930's. was legislatively restricted in 1947 & given p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41U_pine-street-presbyterian-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
After having split from the Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg in 1858, the newly formed congregation, which built this church, first met in the Chambers of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Completed in 1860, the limestone-constructed Pine Street Pre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM41S_payne-shoemaker-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 …
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