Monday, November 25, 2024

Honesdale, PA II (11/25/2024)

Monday, November 25, 2024 (continued)
Walking Tour of Honesdale, PA Part II:
Part II combines the Government and Public Services Tour, the Religious Heritage Tour, and the Commerce and Industry Tour:
105 Park Street (1911, by McCormick &
French as an armory) is now the YMCA
103 Park Street (c 1900, as the Irving Cut Glass
Company, Incorporated warehouse)
Tallman Bridge (2009) over the Lackawaxen River
1113 Church Street/First Baptist Church (1845,
in Greek Revival style)
1019 Church Street/Central United Methodist
Church (1874, in Gothic Revival style)
1018 Church Street, found-object sculpture
201 10th Street/First Presbyterian Church
(1866-1868, by J P Huber in
Romanesque Revival style)
303 10th Street/Nielsen House (1886, in
Queen Anne Spindlework style)
929 Court Street/Judge Charles P Waller House (c 1843,
in Greek Revival style with 1860s Italianate porch)
921 Court Street/Walk of Honor (2016) lists all Wayne County
deceased armed service veterans with a code for their burial site
Wayne County Walk of Honor Memorial
320 10th Street/Old Stone Jail (c 1858)
Note the narrow windows of the jail cells
Civil War Memorial (1869)
Central Park
925 Court Street/Wayne County Courthouse
(1880, by J A Wood in Second Empire style)
901 Court Street/Dimmick House (1859,
in Second Empire style)
922 Church Street/Brown House (c 1850, in
Greek Revival style) was once the residence of 
Dick Smith, who wrote the lyrics for Winter Wonderland
914 Church Street/Kingsbury House (1840s,
in center-gable Italianate style)
910 Church Street/Crane House (1845 in Greek Revival
style, 1877 alteration in Queen Anne style)
210 9th Street/Grace Episcopal Church
(1854, in Gothic Revival style)
827 Church Street/Rectory (1876, by Calvert Vaux
 in Gothic Revival style)
815 Church Street/Whitney House (c 1850, in
gable-front Italianate style with Queen Anne gable
decoration), has been used since 1978 as offices for
the magazine Highlights for Children
804 Church Street/Russell House (c 1861, in
Italianate style); in 1965 it became the headquarters
for the magazine Highlights for Children 
704 Church Street/St John's Evangelical
Church (1904, in Gothic Revival style)
631 Court Street/Temple Beth Israel (1856, 
in Greek Revival style)
214 6th Street/Former Katz Underwear Company
(1898, 1912 addition) (KSS)
110 6th Street/Former National Hotel
(1868, in Italianate style) (KSS)
Hmm, we just walked under that utility pole
416 Church Street/St Mary Magdalen
Catholic Church (1860, in a mix of
Greek Revival and Gothic Revival styles (KSS)
Tamiko is posing by a statue of Christ
in order to see leftover snow from a
storm on November 21-22 (KSS)
122 Terrace Street/St John Evangelist Church
(1878, in Gothic Revival style with
bell tower added in 1953) (KSS)
649-613 Main Street/Centennial Block (1875,
by J A Wood in Italianate style)
614-622 Main Street/Murray Company Buildings
(on R 1870s, in Italianate style, on L 1907) 
733 & 717 Main Street/Bankers Row
717 Main Street/Wayne County Savings Bank
(1924, in Neoclassical style)
733 Main Street/Honesdale National Bank
(1896, in Richardsonian Romanesque style)
810 Main Street/Former Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Office Building (1860) is now the Wayne County Historical
Society headquarters with library and museum (KSS)
In the museum is a replica of the Stourbridge
Lion steam locomotive (1829), which was
the first foreign-built locomotive used in
the United States; it was meant to haul coal
wagons, but was found to be too heavy for
the  track; the original is displayed at the
B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore (KSS)
The stump of a tree pulled down in the snow storm
830 Main Street/Honesdale Post Office (1935,
a Public Works Administration Class C building) (KSS)
867 Main Street/Masonic Lodge (1860 as Liberty Hall)
Mural with the Stourbridge Lion (KSS)
962 Main Street/City Hall and former home of
Protection Engine Company Number 3
(1893, in Richardsonian Romanesque style) 
1111 Main Street/George Mayhew Property
(1855, in Greek Revival style with
added Italianate elements)
1202 Main Street/Hotel Wayne (1892, 
in Renaissance Revival style)

Honesdale, PA I (11/25/2024)

Monday, November 25, 2024
Walking Tour of Honesdale, PA Part I:
Starting with the North Main Street Tour of the residential section:
1406 North Main Street (1869, in Second Empire style)
is now the Wayne County Public Library
1403 North Main Street (c1890, in Queen Anne
Half-timbered style)
1416 North Main Street (1872, in center-gable
Italianate style, with 1910 Colonial Revival porch)
1422 North Main Street (1888, in Queen Anne style)
1500 North Main Street (1922, in Colonial Revival style)
1510 North Main Street (1890-1891, in
Queen Anne Spindlework style)
1604 North Main Street (1891, in
Queen Anne Spindlework style)
1608 North Main Street (1896, in
Queen Anne Spindlework style)
1704 West Street (c 1912, in Queen Anne Shingle style
with Colonial revival porch)
1719 North Main Street (c 1885, in
Colonial Revival style)
1701 North Main Street (1912, in Queen Anne Shingle style)
1521 North Main Street (1869,
in Victorian style)
1515 North Main Street (c 1880, in Italianate style)
1511 North Main Street (1896, in center-gable
Italianate style?)
1503 North Main Street (c 1858, in Federal style
with an Italianate porch)
1423 North Main Street (1869, in Victorian style)
1423 East Street (1903-1912, in Queen Anne
Half-timbered style)
201 Park Street (1920s, in Bungalow style
with a Craftsman porch)
207 Park Street (c 1876, in Queen Anne
and Italianate styles)
207 Park Street has a garage-barn on High Street
211 Park Street (c 1867, in Italianate style)
The Lackawaxen River, north of which
lies the residential district 
1238 North Main Street (c 1873, in Italianate style
with Gothic Revival gable decoration)
1239 North Main Street (1860s, in center-gable
Italianate style)
1310 North Main Street (1850s, in Italianate and Stick styles)
1318 North Main Street (1871, in Queen Anne style
with a c 1884 Second Empire "turret")
Next: Honesdale, PA II.