Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex
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Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex
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State Street Bridge (HAER photo, 1997)
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| Location | Third, Walnut, Seventh and North Sts., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°15′54″N 76°52′56″W / 40.26500°N 76.88222°WCoordinates: 40°15′54″N 76°52′56″W / 40.26500°N 76.88222°W |
| Area | 48 acres (19 ha) |
| Built | 1902 |
| Architect | Brunner, Arnold; Huston,Joseph M. |
| Architectural style | Renaissance, Italian Renaissance |
| NRHP Reference # | 13000287 |
| Added to NRHP | September 14, 1977 |
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex is a large complex of state government buildings in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Set on more than 50 acres (20 ha) of downtown Harrisburg, it includes the Pennsylvania State Capitol and a landscaped park environment with monuments, memorials, and other government buildings. It is bounded on the north by Forster Street, the east by North 7th Street, the south by Walnut Street, and the west by North 3rd Street. Most of this area (bounded on the north by North Street) is a National Historic Landmark District, recognized in 2013 as a fully realized example of the City Beautiful movement landscape and planning design of Arnold Brunner.
The Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex is located in central downtown Harrisburg, four blocks east of the Susquehanna River. Its centerpiece is the Pennsylvania State Capitol, completed in 1906 to a design by Joseph Miller Huston. The capitol is a nationally recognized example Beaux Arts architecture, and is known for its interior opulence and artwork. On the east side of the capitol is the East Wing, a 1987 extension that greatly expands the building's capacity without detracting from the surrounding landscape. Flanking the East Wing to the north and south are the North and South Office Buildings, begun in 1927 and 1919 respectively; they are similarly scaled and both built of Indiana limestone in the Classical Revival style, but have slightly different styling. South of the Capitol is the Ryan Office Building, the oldest building (completed 1894) of the complex. Between the two buildings a semicircular walkway provides access to them as well as the East Wing entrance to the Capitol, with a foundain in the center.
Across Commonwealth Avenue east of the North and South Office Buildings, a pair of buildings extend the line of the North and South Buildings, with the Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Grove, a park setting with many memorials and monuments in between. On the south side of the grove is the Forum, and the Finance Building is to the north. Both continue the use of Indiana limestone and Classical Revival styling. The easternmost portion of the complex is the Soldiers' and Sailor's Bridge, which connects the complex to neighborhoods across the railroad tracks that run east of North 7th Street.
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