Harrisburg Cemetery

Harrisburg Cemetery is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, dedicated 1990.

NE corner, 13th & State Sts., Harrisburg

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This 35-acre cemetery, chartered by the Commonwealth and opened in 1845, is the oldest and largest in the capital city. It is noted for its ornate statuary, original caretaker's house designed by A.J. Downing, and late Victorian landscape architecture. More than 30,000 persons are interred here, including Revolutionary War dead, Pennsylvania Governors, and others of local, State, and national renown.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1825 · Map Of Pennsylvania And New Jersey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1846 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1846) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · Pennsylvania. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Pennsylvania, 1848, covering the location of Harrisburg Cemetery, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Pennsylvania, 1848, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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