Dime Bank Building

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Dime Bank Building
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The Dime Bank building in 2013
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LocationWyoming Ave. and Spruce St., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°24′32″N75°39′53″W / 41.40889°N 75.66472°W / 41.40889; -75.66472
Area0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built1890–1891, 1908
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No. 78002412 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 14, 1978

Dime Bank Building, also known as the Dime Bank & Trust Company Building, is a historic commercial building located at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is a five-story brick building in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The original three-story building was built in 1890-1891, and measured 70 by 70 feet (21 by 21 m). Soon after, an additional two-stories were added, as well as a wing measuring 30 by 175 feet (9.1 by 53.3 m). In 1908, the building was again expanded with a concrete and slab fireproof wing. The facade features a delicately ornamented bay window, five-story turret, and three-story rectangular projection terminated at the third floor by a large arched masonry opening. [2]

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View from the southwest

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is located in the Lackawanna Avenue Commercial Historic District. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-03.Note: This includes Peter Cupple (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dime Bank Building" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.