Scranton City Hall
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| Scranton City Hall | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Scranton, PA |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | 1888[1] |
| Architect: | Edwin L. Walter, Frederick Lord Brown |
| Architectural style(s): | Victorian Gothic |
| Added to NRHP: | 1981 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 81000544 |
| Governing body: | City of Scranton |
Scranton City Hall is located at Washington and Mulberry (US 11/PA 307) streets in the downtown section of that city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is a three-story limestone ashlar Victorian Gothic building with sandstone trim, designed by architects Edwin L. Walter and Frederick Lord Brown and built in 1888.[1]
The main building, on Washington Street, houses the offices of city's mayor and other executive officers — city clerk, comptroller and police chief - and those who work under their immediate supervision. A bridge from the second story connects it to the fire department headquarters, facing Mulberry Street, built at the same time by the same architects in the same style.[1] Since the two form a larger complex[1], they were listed together when the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.
A small banner on a lamppost in front of the main entrance is supposedly sponsored by Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper and office supply company in NBC's sitcom The Office, which is set in Scranton. It recognizes the positive impact the show has had on the perception of the city.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Caruso, Anthony. National Register of Historic Places nomination, Municipal Building and Fire Station 340. Retrieved on 2008-02-08.
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