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The site of the original Harris Ferry and Tavern, which spawned the founding of Harrisburg. Features the John Harris/Simon Cameron Mansion and Harris Grave and the tucked-away neighborhood of Shipoke where Front Street is but a quiet two-way passage and where distincitve homes, both old and new, define its character.
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 Intimate riverfront lodging facility in historic Shipoke with direct access to Riverfront Park built in 1965 (with subsequent renovations). Features specialty Indian-cuisine restaurant and outdoor pool.
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1. COMFORT INN
S. Front and Paxton Streets
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 Manmade reef giving the Susquehanna recreational depth south of Forster Street. Water turbulence over spillway contrasts with placid lake-like river.
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2. DOCK STREET DAM
S. Front St. at I-83
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 Quaint Federal-styled townhouse situated in Harrisburg's oldest neighborhood. Home of Civil War Brigadier General Joseph F. Knipe, commander of the city's defenses when Lee invaded Pennsylvania and threatened to attack Harrisburg. Instead, the Confederates were summoned to a nearby skirmish that grew into the Battle of Gettysburg.
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3. GENERAL KNIPE HOUSE
329 S. Front Street
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 Burial site in 1748 of John Harris I, father of the founder of Harrisburg and operator of the trading post and ferry from which Harrisburg would later evolve. Park and gravesite occupy oldest settled land in the city.
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4. HARRIS PARK AND HARRIS GRAVE
Riverfront Park at Washington Street
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 O: Erected 1766. Built near the site of his father's original trading post and ferry by the founder of Harrisburg, John Harris, Jr. Recognized as the birthplace of Harrisburg from which the town would evolve. Also home in the late 19th Century to Simon Cameron, Lincoln's Secretary of War and U.S. Senator when further renovations were made. Now headquarters of the Dauphin County Historical Society featuring many fine Harrisburg and State collections.
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5. JOHN HARRIS/SIMON CAMERON MANSION*
219 S. Front Street
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 Solid row of ornate Queen Anne styled townhouses built circa.1880, now preserved in original architectural style and enhanced through the use of varied and vibrant exterior colors. Almost destroyed by fire during the ice flood of 1996. Erected by the Pancake Family, owners of a once adjacent lumber mill.
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6. PANCAKE ROW
100-116 Conoy Street
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 Two concrete arch bridges of the principal railroads which converged at Harrisburg. Replaced earlier iron structures of the 19th Century. Arched profiles blend with those of the nearby Market Street Bridge to create an architecturally distinctive collection of river crossings.
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7. OLD PENNSYLVANIA AND READING RAILROAD BRIDGES
S. Front St. north of Vine and Mary Streets
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 State headquarters of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's Motor Vehicles Division. First building to be erected in this prime development area just south of I-83 and quickly accessed by the Shipoke Bypass. Major site improvements here include the expansion of Riverfront Park.
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8. RIVERSIDE OFFICE CENTER
1101 S. Front Street.
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 Contains the very first lands to be settled in what would become Harrisburg including the site of the original John Harris ferry, John Harris Mansion and grave of John Harris, Sr. Also included are the charming homes quietly situated along the River of the Shipoke neighborhood.
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HISTORIC HARRISBURG NATIONAL REGISTER HISTORIC DISTRICT (Shipoke Portion)
Mary Street to I-83 and Riverfront Park to Race and S. Second Streets.
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* Individually Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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