Market Square
Harrisburg's Market Square is located in Downtown Harrisburg at the intersection of 2nd and Market Streets. The square was created in 1785. Since then, it has traditionally been the navigational center of the city, and experienced a post-1980s revival, with the creation of several new commercial, residential and retail spaces.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Square
- Description: historical geographical center of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Market Square, Harrisburg” and “Market Square, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capital Area Transit and Dauphin County Courthouse.
Capital Area Transit
Bus station
Photo: Dough4872, CC BY-SA 4.0.
rabbittransit Capital Region, formerly known as Capital Area Transit, is a public transportation agency that operates bus and paratransit service in the Harrisburg–Carlisle metropolitan statistical area and the York metropolitan statistical area.
Dauphin County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Niagara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dauphin County Courthouse is a government building of Dauphin County located in the county seat, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 2, 1993. Dauphin County Courthouse is situated 380 feet southwest of Market Square.
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts
Museum
The Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It present exhibits related to science and the performing arts, and also offers a digital cinema. Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts is situated 430 feet north of Market Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include SoMa and Shipoke.
SoMa
Neighborhood
Photo: Penndyl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
SoMa, or South of Market Street, is a neighborhood in Downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania around South Third Street, bounded by Market to the north, 3rd to the west, Chestnut to the south, and 4th to the east.
Shipoke
Neighborhood
Shipoke is a neighborhood in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Shipoke is delineated by I-83 to the south, Washington Street to the north, Second Street to the east, and the Susquehanna River to the west.
Fox Ridge Historic District
Neighborhood
The Fox Ridge Historic District is a municipal historic district and neighborhood within Midtown, Harrisburg recognized by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Market Square
- Categories: fixed construction, neighborhood, city center, and locality
- Location: Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.25961° or 40° 15′ 35″ northLongitude
-76.88145° or 76° 52′ 53″ westOpen location code
87G57459+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 1083251753OpenStreetMap feature
place=squareWikidata ID
Q6770724
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