J. Horace McFarland
(1859 - 1948)
Printer, horticulturist, conservationist, and "City Beautiful advocate. President, American Civic Association, 1904-24, and editor, "American Rose Annual," 1916-43. He worked successfully for preservation of Niagara Falls and creation of the National Park Service. McFarland stressed the duty of civic leaders to build a beautiful, healthful environment. his Breeze Hill home and gardens were in Harrisburg's Bellevue Park.
Marker is at the intersection of N. Front Street and Verbeke Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Front Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
