Harrisburg, PA Town Photos

Harrisburg, capital of Pennsylvania on the Susquehanna River, retains its feel of a heritage town.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Entrance atrium of National Civil War Museum.

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