Keystone Building (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) Explained

Keystone Building
Coordinates:	40.2603°N -76.8803°W
Built:	1875
Architecture:	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Sullivanesque
Added:	September 7, 1979
Refnum:	79002217

The Keystone Building is a historic, American commercial building that is located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

History and architectural features

Built in 1875 as the State Printing Office, it is a six-story office building, plus basement that is seven bays wide and twelve bays deep. It is faced in granite on the first floor with brick above. It was remodeled in 1917, with the addition of a structural steel frame and twelve-inch reinforced floors.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

This building is not to be confused with the Commonwealth Keystone Building, a nearby State Government office building completed in 2000.

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. 2011-11-12. 2007-07-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. dead. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000513_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Keystone Building]. 2011-11-12. Walter F. Kuhn, Jr.. PDF. December 1977.