The Mount Pleasant Historic District is an

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in the western part of the Allison Hill neighborhood of

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 50,135 as of the 2021 census, Harrisburg is the 9th largest city and 15th largest municipality in Pe ...

. It is located from Market to Brookwood and Allison Hill Bluff to 19th street. Home to mostly

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, it is the oldest section of Allison Hill, and represents Harrisburg's early development to the east of downtown. It was entered onto the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

History

An industry-centered community that was developed between 1880 and 1920 with views of the city of city's commercial and government operations, this area of Harrisburg evolved into a mixture of the typical, working-class brick and wood-construction rowhouses of the area, mansions owned by prominent, late nineteenth and early twentieth-century manufacturers, churches, schools, and industrial structures that were built near the railroad line. Among the structures included in the district are the Derry Street United Methodist Church at 1508 Derry Street, which was built in 1908 and known, originally, as the Derry Street United Brethren and Evangelical Church, and the Beidleman House at 1225 Market Street, which was built in 1906 for Edward E. Beidleman, a prominent, twentieth-century politician and attorney.Beidleman House
" Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historic Harrisburg Association, retrieved online December 29, 2022. This historic district was entered onto the

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in 1985.

Places of note

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History

Places of note

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