A century ago, he was the city’s most prominent designer of buildings. But he died in poverty.
You would never know that this humble grave marker in East Harrisburg Cemetery near Edgemont Road in Susquehanna Township designates the final resting place of the most prominent architect in Harrisburg a century ago.Finding a grave
The Lancasterian School, built in 1828, first occupied the site. A boys high school was established there six years later. During the Civil War, it Knowing the building’s connection to Lloyd and appreciating the beauty of old architecture, the Bernsteins wanted to locate his grave and post it on After Foose’s death in 1898, Lloyd struck out on his own. His breakthrough came in 1901, when he was awarded contracts to design Harrisburg’s pumping station at Front and North Streets and the original Camp Curtin School at Sixth and Woodbine streets.
The Patriot-News helped lead the opposition. Frew wrote that Vance McCormick, the newspaper’s owner and a leader of Harrisburg’s City Beautiful movement, objected because of cost , politics , location and aesthetics .
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