Northwest Office Building – Harrisburg PA

City:
Harrisburg, PA

Site Type:
Civic Facilities, Auxiliary Civic Facilities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1939

Artists:
Eugene Francis Savage, Vincent Maragliotti

Contractors:
Carl Miles, Carl Paul Jennewin, Lee Lawrie

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

Built in 1939 with PWA funds, the Northwest Office Building was originally supposed to be part of an expanded Capitol complex that never came to pass. The building is now used as headquarters for the Pennsylvania Liquor Board.

Source notes

Michael O'Malley, "Built By the New Deal," Pennsylvania Heritage, Vol. 34, No. 4 (2008)

Site originally submitted by Robert Krause on May 28, 2015.

Location Info


Capitol and Forster Streets
Harrisburg, PA 17123
Dauphin County

Coordinates: 40.267373, -76.885917

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