Old Uptown Historic District (Harrisburg)
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The Old Uptown Historic District is a historic district
in the Midtown
neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
. The district stretches from Reily to Maclay between Second and Third street. It consists of large Queen Anne
and Italianate architecture
built in the late 19th century and very early 20th century. The northern part of the historic district is currently being aggressively renovated by real estate investors.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
in the Midtown
Midtown (Harrisburg)
Midtown is a neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its zip code is 17102. The Midtown neighborhood is delineated by Forster Street to the south, Maclay Street to the north, 7th Street to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west...
neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...
. The district stretches from Reily to Maclay between Second and Third street. It consists of large Queen Anne
Queen Anne Style architecture
The Queen Anne Style in Britain means either the English Baroque architectural style roughly of the reign of Queen Anne , or a revived form that was popular in the last quarter of the 19th century and the early decades of the 20th century...
and Italianate architecture
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
built in the late 19th century and very early 20th century. The northern part of the historic district is currently being aggressively renovated by real estate investors.