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The Harrisburg Telegraph business directory in December 1914 reports and address of 17th and Chestnut Street on the Bell telephone system This plant burned down in December 1915.
The needlebook seems to present the 1915 building as the current facility and likely is from the period before the fire. Ironically, the inside of the needlebook lists the fire alarm boxes in Harrisburg.
Sources:
"Big Elevator and 500 Ton of Coal Destroyed by Fire." Harrisburg Telegraph, December 18, 1915, p. 1, and 9. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038411/1915-12-18/ed-1/seq-1/
"Harrisburg Business Directory." Harrisburg Telegraph. December 21, 1914, p. 14.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038411/1914-12-21/ed-1/seq-14.pdf
"Retail Plant of John E. Dare at Harrisburg, Pa." Coal Trade Journal. April 15, 2015, p.405
https://books.google.com/books?id=UUvRtlbKU6QC&pg=PA405&lpg=PA405&dq=john+dare+coal+harrisburg+pa&source=bl&ots=9v_QSTYqi8&sig=dbM9yhhU1PHH5zo6EZBOuhwgwKA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjRm7-Fh9fdAhXCLH0KHTUdCSYQ6AEwBXoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=john%20dare%20coal%20harrisburg%20pa&f=false
