Scranton

About Scranton

Population

75,809 in city
549,454 in metro

Size

65 km² (25 mi²)

Altitude

230.09739685 m

Scranton is an important manufacturing city and the seat of Lackawanna County. It is located on the Lackawanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania. With its sister city Wilkes-Barre it is a hub of a metropolitan area of over half a million people. The city was settled in the 1780s and was named for George W. Scranton, founder of an ironworks there in 1840. Coal mining became the chief industry around 1900, but experienced a permanent decline from the 1920s through the 1950s. More broad than tall, Scranton's skyline may seem only modestly impressive at first glance. Closer inspection, however, reveals a treasury of mid-rise buildings reflecting the city's economic success of the early 20th century as well as the social concerns of the 1960s and 70s. With the rise in real estate prices in recent years, Scranton has become attractive to value seekers from the New York and Philadelphia areas. As energy prices climb as well, anthracite could again become an economical alternative and Scranton's fortunes could take a turn for the better.

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
86	All Buildings
67	existing
1	unbuilt
18	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Bank Towers	165 ft	1930
2	Jermyn Apartments	100 ft	1895
3	Masonic Temple and Scottish Rite Cathedral	100 ft	1930
4	Mulberry Tower	-	1981
5	First Liberty Bank and Trust Building	-	1916

Building types

No.	Type
68	low-rise building
8	high-rise building
7	open-air structure
1	mast (framework)
1	church
1	monument

Other buildings

No.	Type
2	Famous buildings
3	Buildings with construction images