The Grand Army of the Republic Building is an historic Grand Army of the Republic building, which is located in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
Grand Army of the Republic Building | |
Location | 303 Linden St., Scranton, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 41°24′39″N 75°39′55″W / 41.41083°N 75.66528°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1886 |
Architect | Duckworth, John |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 84003416[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 17, 1984 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
History and architectural features
editBuilt 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.[2]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1]
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Carved brick doorway
References
edit- ^ a b c "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 2012-01-02. 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.