{"nrhp_refnum":"96000323","name":"Century Club of Scranton","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"612 Jefferson Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scranton","county":"Lackawanna County","state":"PA","lat":41.41172374800004,"lon":-75.65554353199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story freestanding Colonial Revival clubhouse of red brick and limestone on less than one acre at 612 Jefferson Avenue on the fringe of Scranton's central business district, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. Construction ran from November 15, 1913 to October 5, 1914.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for social history as the clubhouse of a women's club formed to pursue civic improvement and social interaction in early 20th-century Scranton, and for architecture as a well-preserved example of the Colonial Revival style. It credits the club with civic programs, wartime Red Cross work and a nurse's scholarship fund.","narrative":"Built between 1913 and 1914 to plans by the Scranton firm of Blackwood and Nelson, this three-story brick clubhouse on Jefferson Avenue is a Colonial Revival design with limestone trim, a projecting central portico with Doric columns, a sunburst panel above the entrance and a balustraded roofline. Its interior includes a large auditorium seating at least 300, a mahogany staircase and a marble fireplace in the reception room. The club was formed in 1911 from several earlier women's groups and used the building for meetings, lectures and civic programs. During the First World War its surgical dressing center was recognized nationally, and during the Second World War the building served as the Red Cross headquarters. The building is considered important for its surviving architectural integrity and for its role in the civic life of Scranton.","period_of_significance":"1913-1946","architect_builder":"Harvey J. Blackwood and John Nelson, Blackwood and Nelson","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The document states the building has been used continuously as a clubhouse since its dedication and that an elevator and exterior ramp were added in 1989.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.069133-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000323.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000323/70150799f1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000323/70150799f1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Century_Club_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:Century_Club_Scranton_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71998121","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_Club_of_Scranton","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5063143"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county/century-club-of-scranton-96000323/"}