Adam Orris House, Mechanicsburg

Name: Adam Orris House
Address: Mechanicsburg, United States

#7 among attractions in Mechanicsburg

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Adam Orris House is a historic home located at Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1887, and is a three-story, rectangular brick building in the Second Empire style. It features a tin mansard roof, projecting three-story bay, corner tower, and full-width front porch. Also on the property is a contributing carriage house, also built about 1887. ()

Built: 1887 (137 years ago)Coordinates: 40°12'42"N, 77°0'51"W

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Adam Orris House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Capital City Mall, Williams Grove Speedway, Armitage Golf Club, Liberty Forge.

4.4 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Capital City Mall, Camp Hill
112 min walk • Capital City Mall is a 608,911-square-foot regional shopping mall located approximately 5 miles southwest of Harrisburg in Lower Allen Township, Pennsylvania. It is one of three enclosed malls in the immediate Harrisburg area, and is the only enclosed mall in Harrisburg's western suburbs.
4 miS
Sport complex, Racetrack, Historical place
Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg
103 min walk • Williams Grove Speedway is a half-mile automobile dirt racing track located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. The speedway opened on May 21, 1939, it has been owned by the Hughes family for over 50 years and has hosted many of the most notable national touring series and some of those most prestigious races in the country.
4.5 miNE
40°15'47"N • 76°57'38"W
Armitage Golf Club, Mechanicsburg
116 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
5.2 miSE
Park
Liberty Forge, Mechanicsburg
133 min walk • Liberty Forge Arboretum is an arboretum on the grounds of a commercial golf course, located at 3804 Lisburn Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. In 1798 the site was called the Liberty Forge Plantation, an iron forge and farm.
4 miS
40°9'28"N • 76°59'14"W
The Oakes Museum of Natural History, Mechanicsburg
102 min walk • Natural history museum, Children's museum, History museum
~1000 ftE
Romanesque architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Simpson Street School, Mechanicsburg
5 min walk • Simpson Street School is a historic school complex located at Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of a Romanesque Revival style building built in 1892, and two Late Gothic Revival style buildings added in the 1920s.
~1630 ftNE
Museum
Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House, Mechanicsburg
8 min walk • Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House, also known as the Mechanicsburg Railroad Station, is a historic railway station and house located at Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The station was erected about 1875 by the Cumberland Valley Railroad. It is a 1 1/2-story, brick building with a gable roof.
5 miE
Neighbourhood
Camp Hill School District, Harrisburg
128 min walk • The Camp Hill School District is a diminutive, suburban public school district serving the Borough of Camp Hill in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.
~1460 ftE
Neighbourhood
Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District, Mechanicsburg
8 min walk • The Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 91 contributing buildings in the central business district of Mechanicsburg.
3.3 miNE
Church
Peace Church, Harrisburg
85 min walk • Peace Church, also known as Die Frieden Kirche, is an historic Reformed and Lutheran church located in Hampden Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

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Which popular attractions are close to Adam Orris House?

Nearby attractions include Simpson Street School, Mechanicsburg (5 min walk), Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District, Mechanicsburg (8 min walk), Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House, Mechanicsburg (8 min walk).