Frederick J. Amsden was an architect from
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County. With a population of 76,328 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 U ...
. He was a veteran of the Civil War with the rank of captain. He was born at Rome, New York, on June 19, 1841, but his father, Joel Amsden, relocated to Scranton in 1850. Frederick J. Amsden died at Scranton on June 5, 1906.
Principal Architectural Works
* First Central High School,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
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(built 1884).
* St. Vincent's Church,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
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(cornerstone 1882; dedicated 1887).
* Town Hall,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
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(completed 1891).
* Willow Street School,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
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(completed 1892).
* Rectory, St. Vincent's Church,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
(completed 1893).
* St. Stephen's Church,
Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
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(dedicated 1894; demolished 1953).
* St. Leo's Church,
Ashley, Pennsylvania
Ashley is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, one mile (2 km) from Wilkes Barre. The population was 2,588 at the 2020 census.
History
Ashley was first settled in 1830. Forty years later, in 1870, it was incorporated as a borough. It wa ...
(cornerstone 1890; dedicated 1897).
[''Wilkes-Barre Record'', June 7, 1897, page 5.]
Gallery
File:First_Central_High_School.jpg, First Central High School, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
, built in 1884.
File:St. Vincent's Church Plymouth PA.jpg, St. Vincent's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
, dedicated in 1887.
File:St_Vincents_Church_Plymouth_PA.jpg, St. Vincent's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
, dedicated in 1887.
File:Plymouth_PA_Town_Hall_1918.jpg, Town Hall, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
, completed in 1891.
File:St. Vincent's Rectory Plymouth PA.jpg, Rectory, St. Vincent's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
, completed in 1893.
File:St. Stephen's Church Plymouth PA Built 1894.jpg, St. Stephen's Church, Plymouth, Pennsylvania
Plymouth is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located west of Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, along the Susquehanna River. The population was 5,763 as of the 2020 census.
History
...
, dedicated in 1894.
File:StLeo'sChurch AshleyPA.jpg, St. Leo's Church, Ashley, Pennsylvania
Ashley is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, one mile (2 km) from Wilkes Barre. The population was 2,588 at the 2020 census.
History
Ashley was first settled in 1830. Forty years later, in 1870, it was incorporated as a borough. It wa ...
, completed in 1897.
See also
Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania Introduction
Plymouth, Pennsylvania sits on the west side of Pennsylvania's Wyoming Valley, wedged between the Susquehanna River and the Shawnee Mountain range. Just below the mountain are hills that surround the town and form a natural amphitheate ...
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References
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Architects from Pennsylvania
19th-century American architects
1841 births
1906 deaths
People from Scranton, Pennsylvania