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HISTORIC MARKER REVITALIZATION AND EXPANSION PROJECT

Project Background the Harrisburg History Project Outdoor

In 2002, the City of Harrisburg launched Exhibit System for the first time in 16
the Harrisburg History Project that in- years. The expansion included the
cluded the establishment of Outdoor design, purchase, and installation of
Exhibit System consisting of 113 out- two new exhibits:
door displays that describe historic • The African-American Business
sites across the entire city that maintain District that Became ‘Jackson
local, state, and national importance. Square’
The goal of the Harrisburg History Proj-
ect was to provide local residents and 8 1000 N. 6th Street
Installed: September 20, 2020
tourists with a visually-interactive expe-
rience to learn about Harrisburg’s his- • Old Midtown Harrisburg
toric sites by comparing the “then and Historic District
now” appearance of Harrisburg. From
2002 to 2004, the City researched sites 8 SE Corner of Forster & 3rd Sts
of historical significance, located his- Installed: October 07 2020
toric imagery, wrote content, designed
signage, installed sidewalk ped-
estals, and mounted signs to each
pedestal at 113 sites throughout
City.

In 2017, the partnership of the
Midtown Action Council (MAC)
Historic Harrisburg Association
(HHA), and City of Harrisburg
launched the Historic Marker
Revitalization and Expansion
(HMRE) Project and was awarded
a grant through the Dauphin
County Local Share Municipal
Grant Program. Since then, the
HMRE Project has revitalized all
113 exhibits and installed two
new exhibits.

New Markers Unveiled in 2020

Using the last of the 2017-18 Local
Share Grant funding awarded
by the Dauphin County Gaming
Advisory Board, MAC, HHA, and
the City successfully expanded

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