Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company
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Guard Insurance Company
1909, Welsh, Sturdevant and Poggi. 16 S. River St.
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(William E. Fischer, Jr.)
When anthracite was big business, “corporate architecture” meant Beaux-Arts design, as shown by this classical coal company headquarters building that looks out over the Susquehanna. Monumental Corinthian columns articulate the upper three floors.
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Location: Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaRegional Overviews:Architect:Types:no metadata availableStyles:Materials:no metadata available
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1909
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George E. Thomas, "Guard Insurance Company", [Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/PA-02-LU17.
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Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, George E. Thomas, with Patricia Likos Ricci, Richard J. Webster, Lawrence M. Newman, Robert Janosov, and Bruce Thomas. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, 465-465.
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