Carbondale City Hall and Courthouse, also known as the Carbondale Municipal Building, is a historic

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and

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building located at Carbondale,

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania Lackawanna County (; unm, Lèkaohane) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania and had a population of 215,896 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat and largest city is Scranton. The county ...

. It was built in 1892-1894, and is a brick and

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building in the Romanesque-style. It consists of five-story, square, corner tower; three-story wing; and two-story brick wing. The three-story wing, along with the tower, houses the Carbondale City Hall. It features a massive, half-circle primary entrance and rusticated stone and brick

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s. The two-story wing was built in 1859 as the courthouse, and incorporated into the new building. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1983. The building's third floor houses the

Carbondale Historical Society and Museum The Carbondale Historical Society is a local historical society in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, United States. It operates a local history museum on the third floor of the Carbondale City Hall and Courthouse. History The first public meeting o ...

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