National Register of Historic Places

Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340

Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
Listed
September 10, 1981
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
81000544

About this property

Scranton City Hall is located at Washington and Mulberry (US 11/PA 307) streets in the downtown section of Scranton in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a three-story limestone ashlar Victorian Gothic Revival building with sandstone trim, designed by architects Edwin L. Walter and Frederick Lord Brown and built in 1888. The main building, on Washington Street, houses the offices of city's mayor and other executive officers — city clerk, comptroller and police chief - and those who work under their immediate supervision. A bridge from the second story connects it to the fire department headquarters, facing Mulberry Street, built at the same time by the same architects in the same style. Since the two form a larger complex, they were listed together when the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340.

Location

Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
41.40998, -75.66091

Categories

POLITICS/GOVERNMENTARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340 listed on the National Register?

Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1981.

What type of historic resource is Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340?

Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340 is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340?

The period of significance for Municipal Building and Central Fire Station, 340 is recorded as the industrial era.

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