Since 1946, PHMC's historical markers have chronicled the people, places and events that have affected the lives of Pennsylvanians over the centuries.
This building, which replaced the old brick capitol, was designed by Joseph M. Huston, and erected, 1902-1906. It was dedicated on October 4, 1906,...
C. DeLores Tucker (1927-2005)
Civil rights leader and activist for women, she was the first African American Secretary of State in the nation. Championed the PA Equal...
U.S. Colored Troops Grand Review
Excluded from a May 1865 "Grand Review of the Armies" in Wash., DC, U.S. Colored Troops from Penna. and Mass. regiments assembled here at...
Genevieve Blatt
One of the most influential women in Pennsylvania politics in the 20th century. First woman to be elected to a statewide office, Secretary of...
Pennsylvania State Capitol, The - Commonwealth Treasure
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission declares the Pennsylvania State Capitol a Commonwealth Treasure For all to protect and preserve as a vital architectural...
In the 1850s this area, known as Tanner's Alley, was important on the Underground Railroad. Fugitive slaves hid at Joseph Bustill's & William Jones's...
J. Donald Cameron
U.S. Senator, 1877-97. Secretary of War under Ulysses Grant, 1876-77. President, Northern Central R.R., 1863-74. Son of Simon Cameron. His mansion here, acquired 1870,...
Executive Mansion
The second official Governor's residence occupied a site across this street. Originally a private home acquired in 1864, it was altered and enlarged by...
William Maclay
In the stone house opposite lived William Maclay, who as a member of the first U.S. Senate wrote a famous journal of its debates....
John Harris' Gift
In 1785, the founder of Harrisburg set aside a four acre lot, now this section of Capitol Park, to be held in trust for...
Pennsylvania Canal
A State-owned canal system, built 1826-34, to connect Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Lake Erie. The first lock on the canal to be dedicated March 13, 1827,...
On February 22, 1861, while journeying to Washington for his Inauguration, Lincoln stopped at the Jones House, on this site. From the portico of...
For over a century, farm produce was sold here in market sheds and from wagons at the curbs. The first sheds were built soon...
J. Horace McFarland
Printer, horticulturist, conservationist, and "City Beautiful" advocate. President, American Civic Association, 1904-24, and editor, "American Rose Annual," 1916-43. He worked successfully for preservation of...
T. Morris Chester
Journalist, educator, lawyer. Born here, 1834. Taught in Liberia, 1857-61. Recruited Black soldiers in Civil War; noted as war correspondent. In Europe for freedmen's...
Presidential Convention
The Whig Convention of Dec. 1839 met in this church and nominated Wm. Henry Harrison for president, John Tyler for vice-president. Popularized as "Tippecanoe...
Covered wooden bridge, designed by Theodore Burr, was built here in 1813-17; called "Camel Back" because of its unique arch design. The structure, partly...
Maurice K. Goddard (1912-1995)
Served five governors from 1955 to 1979 in an extraordinary career as Secretary of the former Departments of Environmental Resources and Forests and Waters....
Richard Schlegel (1927-2006)
Fired from federal and state jobs because he was gay, this trail-blazing activist took his job discrimination case all the way to the U.S....
The first official Governor's mansion stood at this site. Purchased in 1858, it housed only two governors, Packer and Curtin. It was sold in...