Grand Army of the Republic Building (Scranton, Pennsylvania)

Grand Army of the Republic Building

Grand Army of the Republic Building, November 2009
Location 303 Linden St., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°24′39″N 75°39′55″W / 41.41083°N 75.66528°W / 41.41083; -75.66528Coordinates: 41°24′39″N 75°39′55″W / 41.41083°N 75.66528°W / 41.41083; -75.66528
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1886
Architect Duckworth, John
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 84003416[1]
Added to NRHP May 17, 1984

Grand Army of the Republic Building is a historic Grand Army of the Republic building located at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1886, and is a red brick and granite building in the Romanesque Revival-style. It consists of two sections: a three-story with full basement section measuring 40 feet by 60 feet, and a 40 feet by 34 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 90 feet. It originally housed a hotel and Masonic Temple, but was purchased by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1901.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David C. Leung (December 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grand Army of the Republic Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.


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