Mira Lloyd Dock
(1853 - 1945)
Botanist, educator, author, civic leader, conservationist, activist. She served on the State Forestry Reservation Commission, 1901-13. she catalyzed the birth of Harrisburg's "City Beautiful" movement in a speech to the Board of Trade, Dec. 20, 1900. this movement produced the city's park system (including Riverfront Park here) and other major civic improvements. Mira Dock lived on Front Street across from this marker.
Marker is at the intersection of N. Front Street and Reily Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Front Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
