Historic Preservation Listing (2019)
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This document identifies historic buildings and districts in Scranton, Pennsylvania designated for preservation listing in 2019. The Lackawanna Avenue Historic District encompasses buildings on the 100 blocks of Wyoming and North Washington Avenues and the 400–500 blocks of Lackawanna Avenue, while the Penn Avenue Historic District covers the 300 block of Penn Avenue. Sixteen government-owned and landmark buildings are catalogued, including the Scranton Municipal Building (built 1888–1893, Victorian Gothic), the Federal Courthouse Building (built 1925–1926, Art Deco), the Lackawanna County Courthouse (built 1881–1884, Victorian Gothic), Albright Memorial Library (built 1891–1893, French Gothic), and the Lackawanna Iron Furnaces (built 1840–1852, historic industrial site). Additional listed properties include the Scranton School District Administration Building, Central Scranton Fire Department Headquarters, Scranton Technical High School, Watres Armory, and Lackawanna County Children's Library.
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