National Register of Historic Places - Pennsylvania (PA), Luzerne County

Luzerne County Pennsylvania has 36 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of National significance and 13 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Ashley Planes, Denison House, Wyoming Monument, Bittenbender Covered Bridge and Bridge in City of Wilkes-Barre.

Many famous people are associated with these Luzerne County historic places including Henry Martin Hoyt, Israel Platt Pardee, Benjamin Evaus, Luke Swetland and Albert Lewis.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Luzerne County places including Thomas Ustick Walter, Edwin A. Douglas, Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., F.C. Withers, Thomas H. Atherton, Elizah Reynolds, Wagner & Caper, Walter S. Rae, Inc. Penn-York Utilities and Carrere & Hastings. Prominent architectural styles found in Luzerne Country are Greek Revival, Classical Revival and Colonial Revival.

Ashley Planes (added 1980 - - #80003562)

Off PA 309 , Ashley and vicinity

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., Douglas,Edwin A.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Bear Creek Village Historic District (added 1999 - - #99001287)

PA 115 at Bear C reek Dam , Bear Creek Village

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Raife, Phillip R., et.al.

Architectural Style:

Stick/Eastlake, Colonial Revival

Historic Person:

Lewis, Albert

Significant Year:

1881, 1922, 1884

Area of Significance:

Industry, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Recreation And Culture, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, Clubhouse, Department Store, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Sport Facility

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Funerary, Government, Landscape, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Cemetery, Clubhouse, Post Office, Religious Structure, Restaurant, Single Dwelling, Unoccupied Land

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Bittenbender Covered Bridge (added 1980 - - #80003563)

S of Huntington Mills off LR 40076, Huntington Township , Huntington Mills

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Transportation

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Bridge in City of Wilkes-Barre (added 1988 - - #88000828)

LR 5 over Mill Creek , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Catlin Hall, Wilkes College (added 1972 - - #72001132)

Also known as Catlin,George,Hall;Reynolds House

92 S. River St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reynolds,Elizah

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing

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Central Railroad of New Jersey Station (added 1975 - - #75001652)

31--35 S. Baltimore St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Central Railroad of New Jersey

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Comerford Theater (added 1980 - - #80003564)

Also known as Paramount Theatre

71 Public Sq. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Penn-York Utilities,Inc.

Architectural Style:

Other, Moderne, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Theater

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Music Facility, Theater

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Denison House (added 1970 - - #70000550)

Also known as Colonel Nathan Denison House

35 Denison St. , Forty Fort

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1750-1799

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum

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Eckley Historic District (added 1971 - - #71000710)

Also known as Town of Eckley;Pennsylvania Anthracite Museum,Eckley Village

Both sides of Main St. through town of Eckley , Eckley

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Sharpe,Weiss & Co.

Architectural Style:

Gothic

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Industry

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Extractive Facility, Institutional Housing

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

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Evans, Benjamin, House (added 1983 - - #83002260)

Off PA 93 , Nescopeck

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Italian Villa

Historic Person:

Evaus, Benjamin

Significant Year:

1855

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Manufacturing Facility, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

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Forty Fort Meetinghouse (added 1988 - - #88002373)

River St. and Wyoming Ave. , Forty Fort

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Underwood,Gideon, Hitchcock,Joseph

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Religion, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

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Guthrie, George W., School (added 1980 - - #80003565)

643 N. Washington St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Ireland,Robert

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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Hazelton High School (added 2012 - - #12000222)

700 N. Wyoming St., Hazelton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Hotel Altamont (added 2014 - - #14001101)

Hazelton, Hazelton

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Keller House (added 1978 - - #76001647)

217 W. Broad St. , Hazleton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Michler,Will, Pardee,Ario

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Kingston Armory (added 1989 - - #89002084)

280 Market St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Atherton,Thomas H.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Military, Architecture, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Defense

Historic Sub-function:

Arms Storage

Current Function:

Defense

Current Sub-function:

Arms Storage

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Luzerne County Courthouse (added 1980 - - #80003566)

N. River St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Osterling,F.J.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Courthouse

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Courthouse

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Luzerne County Fresh Air Camp (added 2004 - - #04000064)

Also known as Ferrwood Music Camp

Middle Rd., approx. 0.25 mi. NE of jct. of Middle Rd. and PA 3021 , Butler Township

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Health/Medicine

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Camp, Sanatorium

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Camp, Music Facility

More Information:

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Luzerne Presbyterial Institute (added 1979 - - #79002293)

Also known as Wyoming Institute

Institute St. , Wyoming

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Fell,Daniel Ackley

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture, Religion

Period of Significance:

1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School

Current Function:

Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure

More Information:

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Market Street Bridge (added 1988 - - #88000873)

Also known as See Also:River Street Historic District

Market St./LR 11 over Susquehanna River , Kingston

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rae,Walter S., Carrere & Hastings

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

More Information:

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Market Street Bridge (added 1988 - - #88000873)

Also known as See Also:River Street Historic District

Market St./LR 11 over Susquehanna River , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rae,Walter S., Carrere & Hastings

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Transportation

Current Sub-function:

Road-Related

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Markle Banking & Trust Company Building (added 1996 - - #96000322)

Also known as Markle Bank Bldg.;Northeastern Bldg.

8 W. Broad St. , Hazleton

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Bossom,Alfred C., Bright,John Irwin

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Professional

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade

Current Sub-function:

Business, Financial Institution, Professional

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McClintock Hall (added 1972 - - #72001133)

Also known as McClintock House

44 S. River St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Withers,F.C.

Architectural Style:

Greek Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing

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Pardee, Israel Platt, Mansion (added 1984 - - #84003487)

235 N. Laurel St. and 28 Aspen St. , Hazleton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Person

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Barber,George W.

Architectural Style:

Queen Anne

Historic Person:

Pardee,Israel Platt

Significant Year:

1893

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

More Information:

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River Street Historic District (added 1985 - - #85002328)

Franklin, River, W. River, W. Jackson, W. Union, W. Market, W. Northampton, W. South and W. Ross Sts. & Barnum Pl. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Multiple

Architectural Style:

Beaux Arts, Gothic, Mixed (More Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local, State, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Search, George W., House (added 2009 - - #09000387)

56 S. Main St. , Shickshinny

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Medical Business/Office, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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St. Gabriel's Catholic Parish Complex (added 2002 - - #02000889)

122-142 S. Wyoming St. , Hazleton

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

et.al., Sheridan, Peter B.

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure

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St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church and School Building (added 2003 - - #03000721)

419 N. Main St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Howley, John J., Cuppels, Frank J.

Area of Significance:

Architecture, European

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church School, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

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St. Stanislaus Institute (added 2008 - - #08001267)

Also known as St. Stanislaus Orphanage; Holy Child Church

141 Old Newport St. , Newport Township

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic, Religion, Religion, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Church School, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Current Sub-function:

Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

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Stegmaier Brewery (added 1979 - - #79002292)

Roughly bounded by Coal, Welles, Market, Lincoln and Baltimore Sts. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Frey,McCormich & French, Wagner & Caper

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Area of Significance:

Industry, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Stoddartsville Historic District (added 1998 - - #98001373)

S side of PA 115 at Lehigh R. , Buck Township

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event, Information Potential

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Federal, Georgian

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Architecture, Commerce, Transportation

Cultural Affiliation:

Euro-American

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Restaurant, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Funerary, Landscape

Current Sub-function:

Agricultural Outbuildings, Cemetery, Natural Feature, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

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Swetland Homestead (added 1978 - - #78002427)

855 Wyoming Ave. , Wyoming

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Swetland,Luke,et al.

Significant Year:

1809, 1803, 1797

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Economics, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1800-1824, 1750-1799

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Single Dwelling

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Weiss Hall (added 1972 - - #72001134)

Also known as Judge Edmund Taylor House

98 S. River St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Romanesque, Greek Revival, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

Educational Related Housing

More Information:

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West End Wheelmen's Club (added 1997 - - #97000521)

Also known as Franklin Club

439 S. Franklin St. , Wilkes-Barre

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

O'Malley,William, Olds,Frederick L.

Architectural Style:

Shingle Style

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Social

Historic Sub-function:

Clubhouse

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling

More Information:

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Wyoming Monument (added 2002 - - #02000509)

Also known as Battle of Wyoming Monument

US 11, Wyoming Ave. and Susquehanna St. , Wyoming Borough

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Walter, Thomas Ustick, et.al.

Architectural Style:

Exotic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Military

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Monument/Marker

Current Function:

Funerary, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Graves/Burials, Monument/Marker

More Information:

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Wyoming Seminary (added 1979 - - #79002291)

Also known as Swetland,Commercial,Union,Centenary Halls;Swetland,Fleck,Dar

Sprague Ave. , Kingston

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Nelson,Reuben

Architectural Style:

Other, Mid 19th Century Revival

Historic Person:

Hoyt,Henry Martin,et al.

Significant Year:

1867, 1864, 1853

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Education

Current Sub-function:

School

More Information:

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