Dickson Works

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Dickson Works
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Dickson Works, November 2009

Location:	225 Vine St., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	41°24′49″N 75°39′45″W / 41.41361°N 75.6625°W / 41.41361; -75.6625Coordinates: 41°24′49″N 75°39′45″W / 41.41361°N 75.6625°W / 41.41361; -75.6625
Area:	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built:	c. 1856
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	79002251^[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 14, 1979

Dickson Works, also known as the Stacor Building, is a historic factory building located at Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1856, and is a long three-story, brick industrial building measuring 100 feet by 300 feet. It features a tower measuring 100 feet tall, a double pitched roof with clerestory windows, and shallow segmental arched windows. It once housed the Dickson Works, a shop to repair and manufacture mine machinery and boilers. The Stacor Equipment Company occupied the building in 1963, and manufactured library tables and furniture.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
^ ""National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp. Note: This includes Peter Cupple (undated). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dickson Works" (PDF). https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H000632_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

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