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The State Museum of Pennsylvania is a non-profit history museum at 300 North Street in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States. It is run by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to preserve and interpret the Commonwealth's history and culture. [1] It is a part of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex.
English: The Pennsylvania State Archives is the official archive for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, administered as part of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. It is located in the state capital of Harrisburg and is a part of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Retrieved June 18, 2010 . Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-456, " Soldiers' & Sailors' Memorial Bridge ", 12 photos, 1 color transparency, 12 data pages by Blythe Semmer, 1997
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Bradford County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
The house was built about 1766 by John Harris Jr., son of one of the first settlers of the region, and for whose father Harrisburg is named. The house remained in the Harris family until 1835. In 1853 it was adapted for use as the Pennsylvania Female College, which was forced into bankruptcy in 1861, due to turmoil caused by the American Civil War.
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
Ultimately, the design chosen by the committee was created by Harrisburg resident E. Hudson Worrall, [6] [7] [8] a civil engineer associated with the United States Army Corps of Engineers who was a son of Colonel James Worrall, the civil engineer serving as the Pennsylvania State Fish Commissioner under Governor John F. Hartranft. [9] [10]
A Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission historical marker, denoting the skirmish, exists at the intersection of 31st Street and Market Streets in Camp Hill. The wooden part of the Eberly barn, where the Confederate soldiers were positioned, was destroyed by a tornado on March 21, 1976, but the barn's limestone foundation still remains.