{"nrhp_refnum":"79002251","name":"Dickson Works (Additional Documentation)","other_names":["Starcor Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 Vine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scranton","county":"Lackawanna County","state":"PA","lat":41.41366816400006,"lon":-75.66202443799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-05-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A long three-story brick industrial building at the corner of Vine Street and Penn Avenue in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It is the only remaining structure of a large complex that was the original Dickson Works.","why_significant":"The enterprise ranked among Scranton's leading industries for more than 50 years and held a high place in the state and country. Founded in 1856 to repair and manufacture mine machinery and boilers, it grew to employ 600 men by 1880 and was the parent of many other Scranton industries. Its 1876 Centennial Exposition exhibit won a diploma of highest merit and a medal.","narrative":"A long three-story brick industrial building at Vine Street and Penn Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, it is the only surviving structure of a large complex that was the original Dickson Works. Thomas Dickson, later president of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Company, set up the enterprise in February 1856 as a shop to repair and manufacture mine machinery and boilers, and by May the first shop was in operation with thirty men. The business was organized as Dickson and Company and became Dickson Manufacturing Company in 1862. By 1880 it employed 600 men, and its products found markets across the globe. Its 1876 Centennial Exposition exhibit earned a diploma of highest merit and a medal. The original works was parent to many Scranton industries, including engine, boiler, rolling mill and locomotive makers. The building measures about 100 by 300 feet and has a corner tower roughly 100 feet tall, with double-height Roman arched windows and exposed wooden roof trusses with wrought-iron ties. Vacant from 1942 to 1962, it has since housed the Stacor Equipment Company.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied by the Stacor Equipment Company, which moved in during 1963 and manufactures library tables and furniture; the building was vacant from 1942 to 1962.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.199357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/79002251.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002251/1ad56cf114-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79002251/1ad56cf114-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dickson_Works_Nov_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dickson_Works_Nov_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998095","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickson_Works","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5273811"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county/dickson-works-additional-documentation-79002251/"}