Saturday, October 9, 2021
Stroudsburg, PA, is located in the Pocono Mountains and is the county seat of Monroe County. It was founded in 1799 by Colonel Jacob Stroud, who had fought in the French and Indian War.
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| Wallace Hardware Building (1902) at 435 Main St |
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Kitson Woolen Mills/Holland Thread Company (c 1866-1904)
at 411 Main St, the former producing wool overcoat material
and the latter producing nylon and fiberglass cord |
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Sherman Theater (1928-1929) and a preserved storefront
(c 1870) at 522 Main St; the theater started with vaudeville
including acts by Laurel and Hardy |
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Wallace Department Store (c 1899, in Victorian Romanesque
style), a former dry goods store at 586 Main St |
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Newberry's Five & Dime (1953 in Moderne style)
at 600 Main St; John J Newberry left S H Kresge Company
to open his own discount store here in 1911 |
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| Stroudsburg murals |
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Hollinshead Block (c 1890, in Romanesque Revival style)
at 636 Main St, retains the heavy stone window arches |
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Here’s Your Train (2014, by Sean Turell); note above
is the Delaware River coming through the Water Gap |
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On the L: PA Power & Light Company Building
(1923, in Tudor Revival style) |
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Welcome to Stroudsburg
(2015, by Fran O'Hagan) |
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| Makeshift memorial for a 9/18/2021 stabbing victim? |
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A Mitchell Palmer Law Office (c 1865) at
10 N Seventh St; Palmer was Attorney General
(under President Woodrow Wilson) who is
known for the "Palmer Raids" in which
alleged radicals were arrested, questioned,
and in some cases deported |
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Stroud House (1829) at 31 N Seventh St, was built for
Sarah Stroud (daughter of Jacob Stroud) and her husband,
Dr James Hollinshead, who donated the land for the courthouse |
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| A farmers' market in Courthouse Square |
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On the R: Old Engine House of the Phoenix Fire Company
(est 1866) at 35 N Seventh St |
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Old Monroe County Jail (1875, in Italianate style)
at 30 N Seventh St; it does have bars in the windows... |
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Courthouse Square with purple pinwheels
for victims of domestic abuse |
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Monroe County Courthouse (1829-1890, by
T I Lacey in Richardsonian Romanesque style) |
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Metzgar Buildings (c 1870, in Gothic Revival style)
at 39-45 N Seventh St |
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| Stroudsburg Borough Fire House (1940s) |
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Coprinopsis picacea/Magpie Inkcap;
these mushrooms almost looked like
solar landscape path lights |
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| Townhouse (c 1810, in Federal style) at 800 Monroe St |
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Williams Vinegar Works (1866) at 100 N Eighth St, originally
housed an apple vinegar works on the ground floor and the
upper floor was used for public meetings, socials, and dances |
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804 Main St (c 1910) and 802 Main St (c 1900, with
elements of Colonial and Tudor styles) |
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Stroud Mansion (c 1795, in Georgian style) at 900 Main St, was
built for John Stroud, the son of town founder Jacob Stroud |
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George Tillotson House (c 1880, in Second
Empire style) at 905 Main St |
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Kern-Keiper House (c 1900, in Queen Anne style)
at 913 Main St |
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Orthodox Quaker Cemetery (c 1811) at Ann and S Eighth St,
is all that remains of a local Quaker community (KSS) |
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United State Post Office (1934, in Art Deco style)
at 701 Ann St
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| Unique ornamental metal carving above the post office door |
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Stroudsburg National Bank (c 1893, in Richardsonian
Romanesque style, addition of classical columns c 1923) |
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On L: Darius Dreher Store and Residence (c 1865) and
on R: Masonic Temple (c 1890, by T I Lacey) at 585 Main St |
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Old Berean Mennonite Church (c 1920, in vernacular style)
at 23 S Sixth St |
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Old Malta Temple (1904, in Romanesque Revival style)
at 565 Main St |
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The front windows of the former Malta Temple
were lined with antique sewing machines (KSS) |
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Stroudsburg United Methodist Church (c 1918,
in English Gothic Revival style) at 547 Main St |
Next: Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm.
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