Providence Branch of the Scranton Public Library (Aaron Silkman House)

Providence Branch of the Scranton Public Library (Aaron Silkman House)

Providence Branch of the Scranton Public Library (Aaron Silkman House) Photo by William E. Fischer, Jr.
1840. 2006 N. Main Ave.

This quintessential New England Greek Revival temple-front house is at once dignified and pragmatic. The front elevation is finished with flush siding while square Doric piers support a pedimented gable. Tiny porticoed lateral wings extend from the main mass recalling Peter Harrison's Redwood Library in Newport, Rhode Island.

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