CITY WIDE SIGHTS
Historic Midtown and Old Uptown
The 19th Century city of the Queen Anne and Italianate design styles. Old Uptown and Historic Midtown bursting with pride and neighborliness. The new neighborhoods of Capitol Heights, Market Place and New Fox Ridge generating innovative dimensions in the cityscape and contemporary standards in urban living. The venerable Broad Street Market celebrating Central Pennsylvania diversity while anchoring the emerging life and spirit of the surrounding Midtown Market District.
1. Broad Street Market (Stone Building)* - N. Third and Verbeke Streets.
Oldest continuously operated market house in the United States. Civil War-era, Stone Building dates to 1860. Features the ethnic-cuisine of the Market Cafe fourt as a major lunch desod court as a major lunch destination. Prominently situated at the head of Verbeke Street with central vista west to the Susquehanna River. Part of the two-building market complex with central plaza as community focal point.
2. Broad Street Market (Brick Building) - Verbeke and Capitol Streets.
Erected 1874-1886 as an expansion to the original Stone Building. Features Palladian windows and central clerestory ceiling and roof structure. Restored with the Stone Building in the mid 1990s including period windows and doors with upscale signage and banners. Offers fresh produce, meats and poultry by local farmers and the Pennsylvania Dutch.
3. Engletown - Reily to Kelker Streets and N. Second to N. Third Streets.
Cohesive neighborhood designed in the Queen Anne building style and contained within the Old Uptown National Register Historic District. Developed in the 1890s by homebuilder Benjamin Engle, the neighborhood achieves distinction through its original architectural consistency and sensitive restoration.
4. Fireman’s Memorial Statue - Riverfront Park At Verbeke Street.
Stands at and faces the western terminus of the Verbeke Street Boulevard. Erected in 1924 as a memorial to those Harrisburg firefighters who served in and were casualties of World War I. Sculpted by C. Maretti.
5. Governor’s Residence - 2035 N. Front Street.
Situated on three beautifully landscaped acres overlooking the Susquehanna and completed in 1968 as the home of Pennsylvania’s Chief Executive. Designed in the Georgian style with formal staterooms, grand main hallway and elegant staircase. Houses period artifacts, furnishings and artwork reflecting Pennsylvania’s rich cultural heritage, with largest outdoor sculpture honoring industrial workers.
6. Historic Harrisburg Resource Center - 1230 N. Third Street.
1890s former bank building designed in the Brownstown Romanesque Style. Converted in 1993 to the headquarters of the City’s leading historic preservation organization and site of special events and art exhibits. Original banking fixtures including vaults and marble counters are retained and preserved.
7. Historic Midtown Market District - N. Third Street From Forster to Reily Streets.
Revitalizing and historic neighborhood shopping district featuring art galleries, boutiques and upbeat restaurants and pubs accented by period street lights and anchored by the Broad Street Market. Live entertainment and unusual merchandise bring diversity to city living.
Shown in larger overview map, captions clockwise from left: Fire Museum detailing, Verbeke Street boulevard, Capitol Heights townhouses, New Fox Ridge townhomes, Old Uptown historic district, River Front Park
