Lackawanna County Courthouse facts for kids

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Lackawanna County Courthouse and John Mitchell Monument
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Lackawanna County Courthouse, November 2009
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Location	200 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Area	4.7 acres (1.9 ha)
Built	1884
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Romanesque
MPS	Anthracite--Related Resources of Northeastern Pennsylvania MPS
NRHP reference No.	97001257
Added to NRHP	November 5, 1997

Lackawanna County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Scranton, Lackawanna County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

Courthouse

The courthouse was built in 1884, and is a 3 1/2-story rectangular masonry building, with a raised basement, in the Romanesque Revival-style. It was enlarged in 1896, with the addition of a third story and reconstruction of the roof to add a number of eclectic design elements. The building measures approximately 100 by 140 feet (30 by 43 m). It features a five-story clock tower. A courthouse wing was built in 1964. The courthouse was the site of the first session of the 1902 Anthracite Coal Strike Commission.

Along with the monument to John Mitchell, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

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  Washington Monument

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  Pulaski Monument

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  General Philip H. Sheridan Monument

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  Christopher Columbus Monument

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  Lackawana County Soldiers and Sailors Monument

John Mitchell Monument

John Mitchell Monument

The monument to John Mitchell (1870–1919) was erected in 1924. It consists of a granite monolith with a niche, enclosing a bronze statue of Mitchell.