National Register of Historic Places

Finch Building

Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Listed
June 13, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76001644

About this property

The Finch Building is located on Wyoming Avenue, just north of US 11 and PA 307, in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a stone building designed by William Scott-Collins in the Renaissance revival style and completed in 1899. It takes its name from the Finch Manufacturing Company, a maker of finished steel products such as manhole covers that had been based in the city for much of the later 19th century. Its first occupant was the International Correspondence School, a business that offered study-by-mail classes to the many coal miners in the Northeastern Pennsylvania region. The school, founded in 1894, had quickly outgrown its offices at the nearby Coal Exchange Building and needed the space. Later it was used as offices for the Hudson Coal Company. In 1976 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it has been remodeled into an apartment building called Finch Towers.

Location

424 Wyoming Ave.
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
41.41169, -75.66153

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When was Finch Building listed on the National Register?

Finch Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 13, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Finch Building?

Finch Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Finch Building?

The period of significance for Finch Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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