Scranton, Pennsylvannia
November 28, 2009
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After walking around the streets north of the Municipal Building, we decide to go back and walk south and are treated by this huge, monolithic Lackawanna County Courthouse building sitting alone like a majestic castle in the middle of Veterans Plaza.

“The architectural style of the Courthouse is Victorian Gothic with Romanesque details. The building, like all of Scranton’s early structures, is of locally-quarried West Mountain stone, trimmed with Onondaga limestone. Gothic details include the corner towers, carved stone details and ornamental buttresses. Romanesque details include the rounded arch windows and tower openings.”
(http://www.lackawannacounty.org/ViewEventDetails.aspx?EventID=162)
After walking around the streets north of the Municipal Building, we decide to go back and walk south and are treated by this huge, monolithic Lackawanna County Courthouse building sitting alone like a majestic castle in the middle of Veterans Plaza. “The architectural style of the Courthouse is Victorian Gothic with Romanesque details. The building, like all of Scranton’s early structures, is of locally-quarried West Mountain stone, trimmed with Onondaga limestone. Gothic details include the corner towers, carved stone details and ornamental buttresses. Romanesque details include the rounded arch windows and tower openings.” (http://www.lackawannacounty.org/ViewEventDetails.aspx?EventID=162)
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