City Hall

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Location:
Scranton Pennsylvania

Regional Essays:
Eastern Pennsylvania Anthracite Region Lackawanna County Scranton

Architect:
Edwin L. Walter

Types:
city halls public spaces towers (building divisions)bridges (built works)

Styles:
Gothic Revival Victorian

Materials:
stained glass (material)sandstone

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Citation

George E. Thomas, "City Hall", [Scranton, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LK19.

Last accessed: December 30, 2024.

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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 486-486.

1888, Edwin L. Walter. N. Washington Ave. at Mulberry St.

(© George E. Thomas)
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
(William E. Fischer, Jr.)

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This city hall aspires to grandeur: tall spiky towers and pinnacles reach toward the sky, framing a series of picturesque Victorian Gothic vignettes in sandstone. Inside, the council chamber is a stencil-decorated double-height public space, illuminated by large stained glass windows. A miniature Bridge of Sighs connects City Hall to the later Fire Headquarters (1905, Frederick Lord Brown) on Mulberry Street.

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George E. Thomas

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