{"nrhp_refnum":"09000463","name":"Madison, James, School","other_names":["East Scranton Intermediate Schol","East Scranton Junior High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"528 Quincy Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scranton","county":"Lackawanna County","state":"PA","lat":41.408325036000065,"lon":-75.65288913099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-06-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story former elementary school building on Quincy Avenue in the Hill Section of Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, completed in 1928. It is a C-shaped brick and reinforced concrete building with a central front pavilion and two rear wings.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is a highly intact and architecturally distinctive example of a Progressive-era public school of the 1920s, with few alterations and no additions. It cites original Progressive design features such as hardwood floors, wooden multi-light transoms, built-in shelving, wainscot and large windows. Its eclectic Late Gothic Revival and Classical Revival styling is also presented as an expression of Progressive educational architecture.","narrative":"Completed in 1928 on a residential lot on Quincy Avenue in Scranton's Hill Section, the three-story brick and reinforced concrete school was designed by architect Arthur P. Coon and built by the Alaimo Brothers of Pittston at a cost of $352,594. Its plan is C-shaped, with a seven-bay front facade, a projecting central pavilion, and two rear wings, and its walls combine concrete apron walls scored to resemble ashlar with Flemish-bond brick above. The building is regarded as an intact example of the Progressive school of the 1920s, with its original hardwood floors, wooden transoms, wainscot, and large windows providing daylight and ventilation. Its eclectic blend of Late Gothic Revival and Classical Revival styling reflects the period's civic and educational ideals. The school served as an elementary school and later as a junior high and intermediate school, and the city closed it in 2001. It was considered one of Scranton's best designed schools during its service.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Arthur P. Coon (architect); Alaimo Brothers, Pittston (contractor)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival; Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Closed by the city in 2001 after use as an elementary, junior high and intermediate school.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:26.995896-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/09000463.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000463/cce3e694f5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000463/cce3e694f5-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madison_School_Scranton_PA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Madison_School_Scranton_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993111","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6138795"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county/madison-james-school-09000463/"}