Harrisburg, PA Town Photos |
Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River, retains its feel of a heritage town. |
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| See also: Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg Fire Museum |
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| Grace United Methodist Church & St Patrick's Cathedral. | Grace United Methodist Church (1874) served as the state legislature building after fire burned the first capitol building in 1897. Style: Gothic Revival. | Spire details of Grace United Methodist (Episcopal) Church. | Spire of Grace United Methodist Church. |
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| View up State Street with State Capitol & Grace Methodist Church. | St Patrick's Cathedral (1907) with green dome. Style: Classical Italian. | Facade of St Patrick's Cathedral. | Dome of St Patrick's Cathedral. |
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| Italianate corner tower of 500 State Street. | 229 & 227 State Street front doors. Style: Federal. | Victorian building 112 State Street. | 610 N Third Street. Style: Queen Anne. |
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| State Street vista. | North Street heritage buildings. | 700-702 N Third Street opposite State Museum. Style: Second Empire. | Payne Shoemaker Building octagonal tower. Style: Art Deco. |
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| Pine Street Presbyterian Church. | Pine Street Presbyterian Church. | Bridges over Susquehanna River. | Mansion of J. Donald Cameron, railroad president, U.S. Senator & War Secretary under U.S. Grant. |
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| J. Donald Cameron Mansion (1863) (Front at State Sts.). Style: Second Empire. | William Maclay Mansion (1908) (Front St.) includes a 1792 house of Pennsylvania's first Senator. Style: Georgian Revival. Architect: Miller Kast. | Georgian Revival William Maclay Mansion seat of Pennsylvania Bar Assoc. | Heritage buildings on Front Street facing Susquehanna River. |
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| Cow painted with fireworks. | Major Marcus Reno & former governors' house (1841-5) (223 N Front St.). Reno was the highest ranking officer to survive "Custer's Last Stand" at Little Big Horn. | Harrisburg Public Library (1914). Style: Georgian Revival. | Elevated entrance of Harrisburg Public (now Dauphin County) Library. |
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| Hilton Harrisburg & Towers (1990) 15 floors. Architect: Perkins & Will. | Market Square Presbyterian Church. | Heritage buildings of Market Street including white Kunkel Building. | Kunkel Building (1914) 8 floors, once a bank, now an arts museum. On National Register. |
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| Upper floors of Kunkel Building, faced with white glazed terra cotta. | Rachel Carson Building (1990) 17 floors Pennsylvania Departments of Environmental Protection + Conservation & Natural Resources. Architect: Geddes Brecher Qualls & Cunningham, Hayes Large Architects. | Art Deco relief of Steam Shovel on North Office Building of State Government complex. | Art Deco relief of workers laying brick on North Office Building of State Government complex. |
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| Art Deco relief of coal-mining drag line machine on North Office Building of State Government complex. | Art Deco relief of Beaver on North Office Building of State Government complex. | National Civil War Museum building (2000). Architect: Hayes Large Architects. | Statue of soldier tending the wounded at National Civil War Museum. |
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| Entrance atrium of National Civil War Museum. |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |