
Technical High School & Old City Hall - Harrisburg PA
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 15.805 W 076° 52.857
18T E 340056 N 4458691
Erected in 1910 and designed by noted Harrisburg architect Charles Howard Lloyd, this building served as the main boy's high school of the City of Harrisburg.
Waymark Code: WM12B6X
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/18/2020
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Technical High School & Old City Hall-Erected in 1910 and designed by noted Harrisburg architect Charles Howard Lloyd, this building served as the main boy's high school of the City of Harrisburg. Known as the Technical High School, the building replaced, on the same site, the Lancasterian School, later known as the DeWitt School, which was the oldest public school in Harrisburg having opened in 1830. "Old Tech" graduated many of Harrisburg's finest citizens who went on to form the "Tech Golden Legion" of devoted alumni. the building's use as a school ended in the mid 1920's when John Harris and William Penn High Schools were completed at the eastern and northern ends of the City respectively. "Old Tech" was subsequently sold to the City of Harrisburg for conversion to the first City Hall. Prior to that time, the City's offices were located in several buildings downtown and never under one roof. City Hall, with its marble-clad hallways and grand stairs, served city government until 1982 when the present City Government Center on Market Square was completed. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places and designed in the English Collegiate style, the building is preserved and continues to serve through its third generation use as the stylish Old City Hall apartments.
Top Photo
Pre-1904 view of the old Dewitt School, with Aberdeen Street at right, which was replaced by the Technical High School.
Bottom Photo
1923 view of the Technical High School with former buildings in foreground recently cleaned for the expansion of the Capitol Complex.
Group that erected the marker: The Harrisburg History Project Commissioned by Mayor Stephen R. Reed.
 Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: Intersection of Walnut Street and Commonwealth Ave. Harrisburg , PA USA 17101
 URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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