{"nrhp_refnum":"96000322","name":"Markle Banking & Trust Company Building","other_names":["Markle Bank Bldg.","Northeastern Bldg."],"category":"building","location":{"address":"8 W. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hazleton","county":"Luzerne County","state":"PA","lat":40.95384822500006,"lon":-75.97442097499999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eleven-story bank and office building at the southwest corner of Wyoming and West Broad Streets in Hazleton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with a six-story addition of 1923 on its east side. It was built in 1910 for the Markle Banking & Trust Company, with renovations in 1923 and 1928.","why_significant":"The building is significant for its role as a commercial bank in Hazleton tied to the Markle family's coal and banking interests. It is also regarded as an early example of a combined bank and office block in the anthracite region, and as Hazleton's first high-rise office building, which combined modern materials with classical detailing.","narrative":"Eleven stories of reinforced concrete faced in white brick and limestone, the Markle Banking & Trust Company Building rises at the corner of Wyoming and West Broad Streets in Hazleton. Completed in 1910 on the site of the Old Iron Front Building, it was designed by John Irwin Bright and built at a cost of about $400,000. Its tripartite base, shaft and capital, topped by a terra cotta bracketed cornice, follow Neo-Classical Revival practice. A six-story addition followed in 1923 at the east, and the banking room was enlarged and renovated in 1928. The building was constructed for the bank founded by George B. Markle, whose coal enterprises shaped the city's economy, and his son Alvan Markle, who led the bank for decades. Its flexible office layout, with rental suites on the perimeter, was typical of early twentieth-century high-rise offices. The interior retains a marble and terrazzo lobby, a teller's counter with original piers, and original office doors.","period_of_significance":"1910-1946","architect_builder":"John Irwin Bright (architect); James G. Doak (contractor)","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Storefront alterations from the 1958 occupancy by Northeastern Bank; the original storefront sign was hidden or removed.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.494212-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000322.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000322/1727129072-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000322/1727129072-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8_West_Broad_Hazelton_LuzCo_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:8_West_Broad_Hazelton_LuzCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995859","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markle_Banking_%26_Trust_Company_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6771092"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/luzerne-county/markle-banking-and-trust-company-building-96000322/"}