Lost and Found

Lost Harrisburg’s Senate Hotel, designed by architect Miller Isaac Kast in an elegant French Beaux Arts style, was opened by hotelier James Russ in 1906. In a successful nomination to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, it was described as “the finest comĀ­mercial … building in the City of Harrisburg.” Preservationists treasured its handsome facade for the...
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Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital

Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital is a sprawling former medical complex situated on a five and one-half acre parcel in a residential neighborhood north of the State Capitol. The centerpiece of the complex, consisting of three large interconnected buildings, is the original main hospital building, erected in 1925-1926. Designed by the Harrisburg architectural firm of Kast and KelkerĀ­ –...
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