Italian Lake, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Italian Lake is a public park located at 3rd and Division Streets in the Riverside neighborhood within the Uptown section of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The 9.5 acre park was a side project to the William Penn High School constructed in the midst of the City Beautiful Movement and was designed by Warren Manning.

Harrisburg resident and hotelier Patricio Rossi (1852-1925 and anglicized to Patrick Russ) was attributed for the naming of the park, as he owned a nearby lodge directly west on Front Street nicknamed the "Italian" Hotel, from which the area came to be synonymous by.

[3] The lake is surrounded by antique-style streetlights, textured walkways, and formal gardens maintained in the Italian Renaissance-style.

[4] Outdoor concerts, plays, town-hall style events, and pop-up markets are held at the park during the summer months.

Postcard of Italian Lake from between circa 1930 and 1945