Florence Apartments is a historic apartment building located at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1908, and is a six-story, U-shaped building with Colonial Revival style design details. It has a steel and concrete structure with exterior limestone on the first and second stories and brick above. The front facade features two three-story rectangular bays clad in pressed metal and the main entrance is surrounded by two Tuscan order columns supporting an entablature inscribed with the name "Florence." It was the first multi-story apartment building in Scranton.[2]
Florence Apartments | |
 in 2013 with surrounding low-rise apartments | |
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| Location | 643 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 41°24′46″N 75°39′24″W / 41.41278°N 75.65667°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1908 |
| Architect | Kaufman, Edwin |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 84003412[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 5, 1984 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-04. Note: This includes Joseph H. Young and Paul E. Doutrich (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Florence Apartments" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-04.