The 1899 Renaissance revival history of the Finch Building in Scranton

Completed in 1899, the Finch Building is a stone structure in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, designed by William Scott-Collins in the Renaissance revival style. It takes its name from the Finch Manufacturing Company, a maker of finished steel products like manhole covers that was based in the city during the late 19th century.

The building's first occupant was the International Correspondence School. Founded in 1894, the school offered study-by-mail classes to coal miners in Northeastern Pennsylvania and moved to the Finch Building after outgrowing its offices at the nearby Coal Exchange Building. Later, the building was used as offices for the Hudson Coal Company.

In 1976, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the site at 424 Wyoming Avenue has been remodeled into an apartment building known as Finch Towers.

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