Roger Williams Public School No. 10

Roger Williams Public School No. 10
Location: 901 Prospect Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built: c. 1896
Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 97000520[1]
Added to NRHP: June 13, 1997

Roger Williams Public School No. 10, also known as South Scranton Catholic High School, is a historic school building located at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1896, and is a two-story, "I"-shaped brick and sandstone building in a Late Victorian style. It features a central three-story entrance tower with a hipped roof. A two-story brick addition was built in 1965. The public school was closed in 1941, and subsequent acquired by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton for used as a consolidated Catholic high school. It was renamed in 1973, as Bishop Klonowski High School, and closed in 1982. The property was acquired by Lackawanna Junior College in 1982.[2] In 2012, it is occupied by Goodwill Industries.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[1]

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