Dickson Works

Dickson Works, also known as the Stacor Building, is a historic factory building located at 225 Vine Street in Scranton, Pennsylvania, a town in Lackawanna County. 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]

Dickson Works
Dickson Works, May 2014
Dickson Works is located in Pennsylvania
Dickson Works
Dickson Works is located in the United States
Dickson Works
Location225 Vine St., Scranton, Pennsylvania
Coordinates41°24′49″N 75°39′45″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1856
NRHP reference No.79002251[1]
Added to NRHPMay 14, 1979

In December 1977, Jerome Fink, then CEO of Pennsylvania Paper & Supply Co., purchased the Dickson works building at 225 Vine Street. It was submitted by Fink to the National Register of Historic Places in March of 1979 and entered into the register in May of the same year.[3]

The Dickson Manufacturing company built locomotives, stationary engines, and boilers. The company also provided materials to railways including gas pipes and fittings, steam and water fittings and engine furnishings.[4]

Aerial view of Dickson Works building in downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Peter Cupple (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dickson Works" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-04.
  3. Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (1934 - present). Pennsylvania SP Dickson Works. File Unit: National Register of Historic Places and National Historic Landmarks Program Records: Pennsylvania, 1964 - 2013.
  4. Becker, Peter. "LOCAL HISTORY: Carbondale family made locomotives". Tri-County Independent. Retrieved 2022-08-03.

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