National Register of Historic Places

Grand Army of the Republic Building

Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Listed
May 16, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84003416

About this property

The Grand Army of the Republic Building is an historic Grand Army of the Republic building, which is located in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. Built in 1886, the Grand Army of the Republic Building in Scranton, Pennsylvania is a red brick and granite building that was designed in the Romanesque Revival-style. It consists of two sections: a three-story with full basement section measuring forty feet by sixty feet, and a forty feet by thirty-four feet section with four stories and a full basement. It features a porch with red granite columns, a carved brick archway, an ornate carved brick cornice, cast stone arches, and corner turret with round cupola and finial rising to a height of ninety feet. It originally housed a hotel and Masonic Temple, but was purchased by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1901. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Location

303 Linden St.
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
41.41086, -75.66487

Categories

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When was Grand Army of the Republic Building listed on the National Register?

Grand Army of the Republic Building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 16, 1984.

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Grand Army of the Republic Building is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Grand Army of the Republic Building is recorded as the industrial era.

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