Florence Apartments

Florence Apartments
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 2013 with surrounding low-rise apartments
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Location	643 Adams Ave., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	41°24′46″N75°39′24″W / 41.41278°N 75.65667°W / 41.41278; -75.65667
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1908
Architect	Kaufman, Edwin
Architectural style	Colonial Revival
NRHP reference No.	84003412 [1]
Added to NRHP	January 5, 1984

Florence Apartments is a historic apartment building located at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1908, and is a six-story, U-shaped building with Colonial Revival style design details. It has a steel and concrete structure with exterior limestone on the first and second stories and brick above. The front facade features two three-story rectangular bays clad in pressed metal and the main entrance is surrounded by two Tuscan order columns supporting an entablature inscribed with the name "Florence." It was the first multi-story apartment building in Scranton. ^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Joseph H. Young and Paul E. Doutrich (September 1983). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Florence Apartments. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)