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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40Y_old-pennsylvania-railroad-station_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40X_333-market-street_Harrisburg-PA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM40A_presidential-convention_Harrisburg-PA.html
The Whig Convention of Dec. 1839 met in this church and nominated Wm. Henry Harrison for president, John Tyler for vice-president. Popularized as "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", they were elected, 1840.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM408_t-morris-chester_Harrisburg-PA.html
Journalist, educator, lawyer. Born here, 1834. Taught in Liberia, 1857-61. Recruited Black soldiers in Civil War; noted as war correspondent. In Europe for freedmen's aid; was admitted to the English bar in 1870. Held major posts in Louisiana, 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM407_kunkel-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM406_lochiel-hotel-and-colonial-theater_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 politica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM405_strawberry-square-phase-ii_Harrisburg-PA.html
This block of historic buildings traces a glimpse of Harrisburg's 19th and 20th Century retail development. Restored as Phase II of the Strawberry Square shopping complex in the late 1980's and part of the Old Downtown Harrisburg Commercial Histor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM404_whitaker-center-for-science-and-the-arts_Harrisburg-PA.html
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts, which opened September 9, 1999, is the successful culmination of decades worth of community effort to develop a major performing arts and science center in downtown Harrisburg. The resources which were bro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM402_old-dauphin-county-courthouses_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3ZH_dauphin-deposit-bank-building_Harrisburg-PA.html
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 Civ…