Old Downtown Harrisburg Commercial Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 50 contributing buildings in the old

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

of Harrisburg and dating from the late-19th and early-20th centuries. Notable buildings include the Daily and Weekly Telegraph Building (1873-1874), City Bank Building (c. 1872), F.W. Woolworth (1939), Rothert's Furniture Store (1906), Bowman's Department Store (1907, 1910), Pomeroy's Department Store (c. 1890, c. 1940), and Doutrich's Clothing Store. Located in the district and listed separately are the Colonial Theatre, Keystone Building, Kunkel Building, and the William Seel Building. ''Note:'' This includes and The Telegraph Building was delisted after having been demolished. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, with a boundary increase in 1984.

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Historic districts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Greek Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania {{HarrisburgPA-stub