Irving Female College, Mechanicsburg

Name: Irving Female College
Address: Mechanicsburg, United States

#8 among attractions in Mechanicsburg

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Irving Female College, also known as Irving Manor Apartments and Seidle Memorial Hospital, is a historic school complex located in Mechanicsburg in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. The complex consists of two buildings: Irving Hall and Columbian Hall. Irving Hall is the older building, dating from about 1856. It is a three-story, "U"-shaped brick building with wood trim in the Italianate style. An extension to the building was built about 1900. Columbian Hall, built in 1893, is a three-story, rectangular brick building with a wood-frame addition. It is in a combined Italianate / Spanish Renaissance Revival style. It features a projecting stair tower with a semi-conical roof. Both Irving Hall and Columbian Hall were converted to apartments in the late-1930s. The complex formerly included a third building, known as "Argyle," which was the home of the Irving College president. Built in 1911, it was a rectangular Spanish Renaissance Revival style dwelling, with a low hipped roof and wraparound verandah. "Argyle" was demolished in 1991 to make room for expansion of Seidle Hospital. ()

Architectural style: Renaissance revivalCoordinates: 40°12'53"N, 76°59'59"W

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Irving Female College – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Capital City Mall, Williams Grove Speedway, Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, Armitage Golf Club.

3.6 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Capital City Mall, Camp Hill
92 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.
4.5 miSW
Sport complex, Racetrack, Historical place
Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg
115 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.
6.9 miNE
Museum, History museum, Vernacular architecture
Pennsylvania Governor's Residence, Harrisburg
175 min walk • The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence is the official residence of the governor of Pennsylvania, in the Uptown neighborhood of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The neo-Georgian residence was built from 1966 to 1968 and designed by George M. Ewing, heading an architectural firm in Philadelphia.
3.9 miNE
40°15'47"N • 76°57'38"W
Armitage Golf Club, Mechanicsburg
100 min walk • Outdoor activities, Golf
4.7 miSE
Park
Liberty Forge, Mechanicsburg
120 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
0.7 miSW
Romanesque architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Simpson Street School, Mechanicsburg
17 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.
6.3 miNE
Bridge
M. Harvey Taylor Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg
161 min walk • The M. Harvey Taylor Bridge is a steel girder bridge that spans the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Named after State Senator M.
0.5 miW
Museum
Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House, Mechanicsburg
13 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.
5.9 miNE
Georgian architecture
John Wormley House, Harrisburg
152 min walk • John Wormley House, also known as the Valentine Hummel House, is a historic home located at Camp Hill in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1769 and is a 2 1/2-story, Log building with a tin roof, three bays wide and two bays deep. It has a two-story side frame addition. It faces the US Highways of 11 and 15.
6.9 miNE
Neighbourhood
Engleton, Harrisburg
176 min walk • Engleton is a section of the Midtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania neighborhood. It is bounded by 2nd street to the west, Kelker Street to the north, 3rd street to the east and Reily Street to the south.

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Nearby attractions include Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House, Mechanicsburg (13 min walk), Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District, Mechanicsburg (14 min walk), Simpson Street School, Mechanicsburg (17 min walk).