{"nrhp_refnum":"77001170","name":"Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station","other_names":["Erie-Lackawanna Railway Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Lackawanna and Jefferson Aves.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scranton","county":"Lackawanna County","state":"PA","lat":41.40538447700004,"lon":-75.66146174999994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-12-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Neo-Classical Revival railroad station in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, built by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and serving as its central office after completion. The station is a large sandstone building with a porch, Doric columns and sculpted figures above the main entrance.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is one of the most impressive buildings in Scranton and is perhaps the finest example of Neo-Classical Revival station architecture in Pennsylvania. Its significance is tied to the importance of the railroad in the region's anthracite coal economy and to its design as a turn-of-the-century railroad building with notable cast iron details.","narrative":"Built in 1907-1908 at a cost of $601,780.96, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station stands on a site overlooking the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Designed in the Neo-Classical Revival style, it is a sandstone building with a porch that extends almost around its exterior. Six Doric columns rise three stories above the main entrance, and a large clock with sculpted eagles sits above the center of the entrance. The interior includes a five-story open lobby with a vaulted ceiling and dome, decorated with mosaic artwork on railroad themes. The station was designed by Lincoln Bush, chief engineer of the railroad, with architects Kenneth Murchison of New York and Edward Langley of Scranton. It was built during the period when anthracite coal mining and transportation made the railroad one of the most important in northeastern Pennsylvania. Its central office role and its cast iron shed and details are the main reasons it is regarded as a major example of turn-of-the-century railroad architecture.","period_of_significance":"1900-1999","architect_builder":"Kenneth Murchison (New York); Edward Langley (Scranton)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The document states the station presently serves as the local office of the Erie-Lackawanna.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.370305-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001170.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001170/26293595a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001170/26293595a6-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_station_D,L_%26_W_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:Main_station_D,L_%26_W_Scranton_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998109","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radisson_Lackawanna_Station_Hotel","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7281351"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county/delaware-lackawanna-and-western-railroad-station-77001170/"}