Weiss Hall, also known as the Judge Edmund Taylor House, is a historic dormitory located on the campus of

Wilkes University Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full and part-time). Wilkes was founded in 1933 as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, and bec ...

Wilkes-Barre Wilkes-Barre ( or ) is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Luzerne County. Located at the center of the Wyoming Valley in Northeastern Pennsylvania, it had a population of 44,328 in the 2020 census. It is the s ...

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Luzerne County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and is water. It is Northeastern Pennsylvania's second-largest county by total area. As of ...

. It was built about 1895, and is a 2 1/2-story, stone, brick, and shingled building in the Queen Anne style. It features a tower, recessed third floor balcony, steep gables, a large side porch, and stained glass windows. It was built as a residence and later acquired by Wilkes College and used as a residence hall. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1972.

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Buildings and structures in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Wilkes University Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Residential buildings completed in 1895 Greek Revival houses in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-NRHP-stub