Mears Building
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Penn Security Bank (Mears Building)
1895–1896, Isaac Williams. 150 N. Washington Ave.
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(Photograph by William E. Fischer, Jr. )
By the 1890s, Scranton was as likely to take its architectural cues from Chicago as from New York City. Both this building and the nearby Brooks Building ( LK4) are in the brawny mode of H. H. Richardson's (demolished) Marshall Field's Building in Chicago.
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Location: Scranton, PennsylvaniaRegional Overviews:Architect:Types:no metadata availableStyles:no metadata availableMaterials:no metadata available
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George E. Thomas, "Penn Security Bank (Mears Building)", [Scranton, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LK5.
Print Source
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, 483-483.
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