You can't go down Paxtang Avenue without admiring the many stately homes. They are a charming mix of Arts and Crafts, Queen Anne, Depression Bungalow, Colonial Revival, and variations on traditional--each and everyone a treasure and record of architectural history in its own right. One Queenly Victorian duplex, looking like it was helicoptered in from Cape Many and plopped ingenuously onto a high profile corner lot on the west side of "The Avenue" was saved last night from fire.
On the unseasonably cold and windy night of April 7, 2009, just two evenings away from the full moon, fire broke out on the second floor and spread to the third floor.
With true central Pennsylvania enthusiasm to assist and a remarkable response from area fire fighters and emergency, the blaze was put out in about 45 minutes, despite the windy conditions. The Grand Dame is saved! The Paxtang fire company, located only blocks away, was joined by fire fighters, trucks and emergency volunteers from Harrisburg, Lower Paxton, Lower Swatara, Swatara and Susquehanna Townships, as well as from Oberlin and Steelton, Lawnton, Linglestown, Salvation Army Disaster and others.
No one was hurt, and word of mouth has it that a brave cat stayed inside for the entire event.
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