Terence V. Powderly House
- Terence V. Powderly House
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name = Terence V. Powderly House
nrhp_type = nhl
caption = House in 2007
location = Scranton, PA
nearest_city =
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 25
lat_seconds = 07
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 75
long_minutes = 40
long_seconds = 29
long_direction = W
area =
built = late 19th century
architect =
architecture = Victorian
added = 1966
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
refnum = 66000667
mpsub =
governing_body = Private residenceThe Terence V. Powderly House is located along North Main Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the home of Powderly from his early life until 1921. During this time he led the Knights of Labor and served as mayor of Scranton for several terms.[cite web|title=Terence V. Powderly House|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=494&ResourceType=Building|accessdate=2008-02-07] ][cite web|title=Terence V. Powderly House|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/delaware/ter.htm|accessdate=2008-02-07] ]It is a two-story single-family dwelling, built in a vernacular Victorian style, with a cross-gabled roof on a busy street in a residential neighborhood in an area slightly west of downtown Scranton, looking towards it over the Lackawanna River. The house has one architecturally noteworthy feature, a glass anteentrance to keep out cold weather, not common at that time.[cite web|last=Greenwood|first=Richard|title=National Historic Landmark application, Terence V. Powderly House|url=http://www.arch.state.pa.us/pdfs/H000626_01B.pdf|date=January 14, 1975|accessdate=2008-02-08] ]Since his death the house has gone through other owners but has not been substantially altered, other than the conversion of the second floor to an apartment and the addition of a picture window to that unit.
In 1966 it was declared a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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