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The "front yard" of the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania stretches to the Susquehanna River graced by cathedrals and churches which defined the city's skyline of old. Charming South Street and elegant State Street establish the ambience of this cherished Center City neighborhood.
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 Built in 1901-03 as a private residence, deeded to the Civic Club in 1916. Grand English Tudor ballroom and beautiful gardens with spectacular river view. Used for concerts, receptions and other activities.
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1. CIVIC CLUB OF HARRISBURG
612 N. Front Street
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 Home to the Federal Government's presence in Harrisburg and built in 1965. Contains the U.S. Court House and Federal Square Post Office Branch as well as other Federal agencies. Black glassed-exterior adds visual dimension to Harrisburg's skyline.
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2. FEDERAL BUILDING
N. Third and Walnut Streets
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 City's first office condominium project, completed in 1990, with under and above-ground parking. Building design sensitive to the scale and character of Front Street. Occupies site of former Governors Residence demolished in 1960.
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3. FLYNN BUILDING
305 N. Front Street
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 Erected in 1871, beautifully spired limestone church building that served as the temporary headquarters of the state legislature after the fire, which destroyed the first Capitol Building in 1897. Large sanctuary site of many choral performances.
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4. GRACE METHODIST CHURCH
State and Susquehanna Streets
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 City's oldest surviving fire station built in 1871. Rehabilitated and converted, through a creative adaptive use project, to a fine restaurant for day and evening fashionable dining. Tin ceiling and spiral staircase are part of the building's original features.
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5. HOPE FIRE STATION
606 N. Second Street
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 Landmark residence of U.S. Senator and Secretary of War [for] who served President Ulysses S. Grant, who also was the son of Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War. Erected in the Second Empire architectural style in 1863. House further distinguished by central cupola and preserved arch-headed windows giving timeless character to Front Street.
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6. JAMES DONALD CAMERON MANSION
404 N. Front Street
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 Built in 1869 by, and residence of, the president of Harrisburg's Dauphin Deposit Bank from 1874 to 1908 and influential member of one of the city's oldest families. Second Empire architectural style is particularly exuberant in execution.
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7. JAMES MCCORMICK MANISON
101 N. Front Street
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 Classically styled plaza with river overlook, benches, gardens, trees and sculpture punctuating the vista of the Capitol looking up State Street. Commemorates the Kunkel Family's role in Harrisburg, from Christian Kunkel I, city mayor in 1796, to present day. Named for late U.S. Rep. John Crain Kunkel and his late wife Kitty. Erected in 1991.
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8. KUNKEL MEMORIAL PLAZA
Riverfront Park at State Street
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 Built in 1975 and features a glass-sheathed atrium lobby, which rises to the full height of the building. Elevator shafts are glass allowing for interesting ascents and descents. Fashionable ground floor restaurant and lounge with decked outdoor cafe.
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9. LOCUST COURT BUILDING
212 Locust Street
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 Sharply appointed Front Street office address built in 1966. Recently renovated into state-of-the-art suites. Building materials and architectural design are a credit to Front Street’s character and resulting river views.
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10. NURICK BUILDING
N. Front and Pine Streets
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 Stone portion dates to 1841. At one time, city's principal facility which pumped water from the old City Island filtration plant to the original reservoir on North Street and later to Reservoir Park. Expanded in 1904. Now converted to prestigious office space. Superb restoration compliments unique river setting.
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11. OLD WATERWORKS
N. Front and North Streets
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 Art deco styled, 1929 office building affording a panoramic view of the downtown and Capitol. Restored in the late 1980s. Design is reflective of the building boom of the late 1920s. Note distinctive rooftop cupola.
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12. PAYNE-SHOEMAKER BUILDING
N. Third and Pine Streets
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 Grand concourse linking the main Capitol Building with Riverfront Park. Recent restoration emulates the street’s original appearance during the City Beautiful movement resulting is a striking vista of the Capitol, the stately townhomes that face the street and its four beautiful church edifices.
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13. State Street Boulevard
State Street between N. Front & N. Third Streets
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 Designed in the English Gothic style in 1859 and a remembered part of the cityscape for Union soldiers encamped in Capitol Park across the street. Building further enhanced in 1926 when the roof was raised, creating a striking clerestory space. Vast sanctuary features richly carved woodwork, exposed beams and rafters, beautifully executed stained glass windows and fine acoustics.
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14. PINE STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
300 N. Third Street
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 Birthplace of Harrisburg's "back to the city" residential revival in the early 1970s. Charmingly restored private dwellings dating from 1810 to 1910. Ironically, northern boundary of the original 1785 Borough of Harrisburg.
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15. SOUTH STREET
100 Block - between N. Front & N. 2nd Streets.
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 Original congregation offered services in the German language. Characteristically Central Pennsylvania in ethnic heritage. Completed in 1906. Part of the fine row of church buildings on the northside of State Street.
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16. ST. MICHAELS LUTHERAN CHURCH
118 State Street
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 Roman Catholic seat of the Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg built 1904-07. Italian Renaissance in style capped with a classically-influenced dome. Finely crafted, ornate sanctuary rises to the dome's rotunda. Edifice distinguishes State Street and its relationship to the Capitol.
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17. ST. PATRICK CATHEDRAL
212 State Street
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 Formerly St. Lawrence Catholic Church and built in 1917 for the German Catholics after being relocated from a former church where the Forum now stands on Walnut Street. Front exterior graced with a lavishly expressed rose stained glass window of the French Gothic. Exquisite sanctuary.
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18. Cathedral Chapel of Saint Lawrence & State Street Academy of Music
110 State Street
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 Seat of the Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Central Pennsylvania and built in 1826. Church's simplicity is enhanced through traditional Anglican design motifs. Greek Revival-styled house next door, erected in 1843, accommodates receptions and meetings with the St. Stephen School located to the rear. Pleasing mixture of architectural styles in their original form.
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19. THE EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. STEPHEN AND CATHEDRAL HOUSE*
221 and 215 N. Front Street
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 Erected in 1791 as the home of one of Pennsylvania's first two U.S. Senators and son-in-law of John Harris, Jr. Maclay was also responsible for the laying-out of Harrisburg in 1785. Impressive Georgian appointments added when renovated and expanded in 1908 by the Bailey family.
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20. WILLIAM MACLAY MANSION
401 N. Front Street
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 Built in 1931 as a "spiritual" building using exuberantly expressed Italian Romanesque motifs. Detailed tile work and ornate finishes and accents. Recently expanded, the complex includes state-of-the-art equipment and facilities for all fitness levels.
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21. YMCA
N. Front and North Streets
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 Contains some of the city's oldest building stock adjacent to the Central Business District and Capitol Complex as well as many early and mid-19th Century Front Street mansions.
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HISTORIC HARRISBURG NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT
Walnut to Forster Streets with portions south to Strawberry Street and Front Street to N. Third Streets
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* Individually Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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