Scranton The Electric City
by Jim Cook
Title
Scranton The Electric City
Artist
Jim Cook
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The electric sign on top of the building, symbolizing Scranton as "The Electric City," is a local landmark. It is situated in the heart of Scranton between City Hall and overlooking the Courthouse.
On Dec 06 1880 Dickson Locomotive Works installed electric lights just months after Mr. Edison refined the bulb suitable for commercial use. Electric street lights soon followed and shortly afterwards the first Electric Street Cars to be run solely on Electric power in the country began to run
Credit for the city nickname has been credited to Rev. David Spencer, D.D, a Pastor at the Penn Avenue Baptist Church.
The Beaux Arts design features Indiana limestone, a copper gabled roof and dormers, a decorative cornice, paired windows, and a row of Renaissance-style arched windows with flanking columns near the top.Beaux-Arts architecture expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in ParisThe style of instruction that produced Beaux-Arts architecture continued without major interruption until 1968.
For more of the city's architecture please visit "My Town" gallery in
http://1-jim-cook.artistwebsites.com/
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December 27th, 2015
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