Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour

Linking Tunkhannock's Industrial Past to Its Cultural Future

National Register of Historic PlacesNortheastern Pennsylvania

In 1771, when Zebulon Marcy traveled here fromWilkes-Barre, he saw a great potential for farming onthe flood plains where Tunkhannock and Bowmancreeks flow into the Susquehanna River. He returneda year later to plant crops near the mouth ofTunkhannock Creek. The settlement that sproutedthere was called Marcy. The surrounding townshipwas eventually named Putnam for ConnecticutRevolutionary War General Israel Putnam. In 1786,the village was renamed Tunkhannock, derived from the Iroquois term for “small river.”

By 1830, Tunkhannock was a bustling town withseveral stores, a post office, hotels, churches,mechanics' shops and numerous residences. It wasincorporated as a borough in 1841 and became thecounty seat when Wyoming County was formedfrom a portion of Luzerne County in 1842. The firstofficial census of Tunkhannock was taken in 1850and recorded 561 residents.

Early settlers were involved in lumbering, shadfishing, and farming, and businesses sprouted up to serve both industrial and agricultural needs.Construction of a canal along the SusquehannaRiver was begun in 1838 and completed in 1856,allowing for the shipment of lumber and othercommodities south to Pittston and Wilkes-Barre and

north to New York State. The canal proved too costlyto maintain and was closed in 1872. Its demise washastened by the construction of the first rail linethrough Tunkhannock in 1869.

The railroad literally put the lumber and tanningindustries on the fast track, and Tunkhannockflourished. Much of the downtown business districtwas constructed in the last three decades of the 19th century. Several blocks of downtown were infact being rebuilt from disastrous fires, the mostmemorable in 1870. So much of its Victorian charmremains from that era that public officials weremotivated to establish the Tunkhannock HistoricDistrict, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Tunkhannock evolved and its economy diversified.As the forests were logged off in the early 20thcentury, agricultural production reigned for manyyears as the county's primary industry. In 1966,Procter & Gamble opened a large plant in nearbyWashington Township, stimulating the economy andproviding new jobs and an influx of new residents.

The borough's population grew to 2,297 people in 1960 and began to decline slowly after 1990. Since 2010, the natural gas industry has had asimilar economic impact on the borough. In 2014,the population was estimated at 2,074.

1890 Tunkhannock Map drawn by T.M. Fowler and published by T.M. Fowler and James B. Moyer. The Tunkhannock I.X.L Tannery is shown in the lower left along the river.

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Please note that many of the buildings listed in this booklet are private residences and businesses. Please refrain from trespassing.

The tour route has been developed with safety in mind. Please stay on sidewalks and use marked streetcrossings. It is approximately 2 miles in length and will take about an hour and a half to walk.

We regret that the full tour is not consideredhandicapped- accessible due to unevenness of sidewalks.

The red numbers correspond to the route map on pages 12-13. Guided tours for 10 or more can be arrangedby calling 570-996-1500. Please exercise caution andenjoy the tour.

�3 Episcopal Church 17 Second Street ca. 1883

This stick-style building served as St. Peter's Episcopal Churchuntil 1962. It was used as a house

of worship by several denominations over the years,including Baptists and Lutherans. It was the Knightsof Columbus Hall for a number of decades and Grace Fellowship Church from 1996 to 2012.Currently, it is an artist’s studio.

�1 Dietrich Theater 60 East Tioga Street 1937

Opened by local businessmanGeorge Dietrich on May 28,1937, the art deco 481-seat

Dietrich Theater attracted more than 1,500 patronsin its first weekend. The theater continued to exhibitfilms into the 1980s until it could no longer competewith mall cineplexes. Through community support,it reopened in 2001 as the non-profit WyomingCounty Cultural Center with space for art exhibits,classes and events. In 2009, it expanded, doubling insize to house four movie theaters.

�2 Stark House 99 East Tioga Street 1883

This was home to LydiaMarcy Stark, granddaughterof Zebulon Marcy, one of the

earliest European settlers of Tunkhannock whomoved here from Wilkes-Barre in 1772. The QueenAnne-style house was considered “one of the mosthandsome residences in town” when it was finished.Though partially destroyed by fire in 1902, it wasfaithfully restored as per architect D.S. Hopkins'original blueprints. It currently serves as the rectoryfor the Nativity BVM Church.

�5 Baptist Church 2 Church Street1883

The first Baptist congregationin Tunkhannock was formedin 1841 and met at several

other buildings in town, including an earlyPresbyterian Church and the Episcopal Churchbuilding (No. 3) on Second Street, before purchasingthis lot in 1883. Construction of a clapboard buildingwas completed in October of that year, and thebaptistry was completed and first used in February1884. Electrified lights were first installed in 1900and updated in the course of major renovations in1910. The church closed in 2013 and was reopened as Bridgewater Baptist Church in 2015.

�4 Berlinghof House 130 North Bridge Street ca. 1869

Situated at the corner ofSecond and Bridge streets,this Italianate-style building

was originally home to Tunkhannock barber JacobBerlinghof, whose shop was several blocks away.Jacob and his wife, Rosa, lost their young son, Lewis,in the scarlet fever epidemic of 1869. He and hisparents are interred at the Gravel Hill Cemetery (No. 23) on Susquehanna Avenue. The Seventh DayAdventist Church occupied the structure from 1941to 1972, and today it serves as an office building.

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�6 Sand Hill School 11 East Harrison Street ca. 1854

It's easy to see that thiscomplicated structure at the corner of Bridge and

Harrison streets was modified over time, primarilyto meet the needs of a growing student body. Laterknown as the Harrison Street School, it was renovatedin 1872. It was expanded in 1883 and again in 1893.The school closed in 1971 and has been home to theWyoming County Historical Society and GenealogicalLibrary since 1980.

�9 Thomas Slocum Building 7 Marion Street ca. 1843

Thomas T. Slocum was thefirst known owner of this

property. The building has changed hands manytimes and has been the residence and office forseveral area businessmen. Prominent Tunkhannockcitizens who have used the building include S. JudsonStark and C. Elmer Dietrich. Stark served as countytreasurer and manager of the Tunkhannock ToyCompany. Dietrich was a cemetery monumentdealer, congressman and father of theater ownerGeorge Dietrich. In recent years, it has served as lawoffices due to its proximity to the courthouse.

�10 Triton Hose Firehouse 9 Marion Street 1891

This simple, two-story brickbuilding has had many uses

through the years, including a firehouse until 1909,when the Triton Hose Company moved into a newbuilding on Warren Street that now houses theborough offices. It was sold to the Daughters of theAmerican Revolution (DAR) who added the ColonialRevival-style door, made other improvements, andafter 1911 provided space to the Tunkhannock PublicLibrary. In 1985, the DAR moved to the old Sand HillSchool building (No. 6) and donated the formerfirehouse to the library, which occupied it until 2001.

�7 Methodist Church 4 Church Street1939

The original Methodistchurch was constructed ofwood in 1868 and boasted

the tallest steeple in the county until it burned downduring a February nor'easter in 1937. This EnglishGothic-style church was first dedicated in 1939, withhundreds of people gathered on the courthouselawn. In 2011, it was discovered that the bell towerhad shifted by an inch, and pieces of mortar werefalling to the sidewalk. It was rededicated in October2015 after significant structural repairs.

�8 Wyoming County Courthouse

1 Courthouse Square – 1843The original two-storycourthouse was built on land donated by farm owner

Thomas T. Slocum. It was extensively expanded andrenovated in 1870 into its current Italianate style.Considered an architectural masterpiece by designerD.R. Nolt, the building features narrow double-hungwindows, a low-pitched roof with overhanging eaves, and an ornate clock tower. All repairs andenhancements, such as the new entrance on thebuilding's Putnam Street side, are as historically and aesthetically accurate as possible. A prominentfeature is the Civil War monument on the west lawn.

Tunkhannock's Famous FiresJune 1852: three businesses east of the American (now Prince) Hotel

Oct. 27, 1870 – The most famous fire: burningalmost the entire south side of the first block of East Tioga St., leading to the formation of the Triton Hose Company two years later

March 1899: Grey Block (No. 35)

January 1, 1980: upper floors of Montgomery Ward store (55 E. Tioga) and two other buildings

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�12 Hungerford House 22 West Harrison Street 1880

George Hungerford andJames Young purchased this lot in 1865 from Moses

DeWitt and operated a wood planing mill here untilabout 1868. Hungerford then purchased the propertyand had this house built to much acclaim - “lots ofhorizontal emphasis and a cupola with a flat roof –the most stylish in town.” The rear, second floorbedrooms were built later. Below the bluestonebasement floor, the current owner discovered aportion of the original planing business.

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�13 Evangelical Church/Grange Hall 7 Clay Street 1887

This building was dedicatedas the Tunkhannock Evangelical Church on Oct. 6,1887. Evangelical Association doctrine was similar tothat of the Methodist Church but offered services inthe German language. In the 1890s, a doctrinal splitin the denomination saw this congregation fall intodecline. The building was sold in 1907 and served asTunkhannock Grange #209 Hall until 1979. It is nowa private residence.

�14 Henry Metcalf House 50 West Harrison Street 1895

The sprawling QueenAnne-style house was

constructed for prominent local landowner Henry F. Metcalf, a descendant of Lt. Asa Stevens, an American patriot killed during the Battle ofWyoming in 1778. The home features a dramaticwraparound porch with Ionic columns and aport-cochere (predecessor of the car port). Metcalfand his wife, Pamelia, entertained frequently in a large interior ballroom and were collectors ofantiques and other artifacts related to local history.

�11 Sittser House 81 Putnam Street 1900

Tunkhannock Mills ownerand inventor Frank L. Sittserwas the first inhabitant of

this two-story brick Colonial Revival-style house. The house features a deep wraparound porch, flatbrick window arches with keystones, pilasters andporch supports with Ionic capitals, wide-band frieze,and cornice with gable returns and block medallions.In 1897, the US Patent Office awarded a patent toSittser and Thomas B. Wall of Tunkhannock for a nut-lock.

�15 Metcalf Museum 56 West Harrison Street 1936

Built by Henry F. Metcalf tohouse his growing collectionof local periodicals and

Native American artifacts, the two-story Colonial-stylebuilding was opened to the public on a fairly regularbasis and was a popular destination for historystudents through December 1950, when it was closed(both Metcalfs died in 1946). Metcalf was a chartermember of the Wyoming County Historical Society.The Historical Society disbanded by the mid 1950sand was re-chartered in 1980. The building is now a private residence.

1850 – 561

1860 – 638

1870 – 953

1880 – 1,116

1890 – 1,253

1900 – 1,305

1910 – 1,598

1920 – 1,736

1930 – 1,973

1940 – 2,161

1950 – 2,170

1960 – 2,297

1970 – 2,251

1980 – 2,144

1990 – 2,251

2000 – 1,911

2010 – 1,836

2014 – 2,074

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�19 Ross House 55 West Tioga Street ca. 1845

This amazing house bearslittle resemblance to theoriginal structure in that it

has been altered numerous times. Built by the Rossfamily, its distinctive mansard roof was added in1870 by owner Sarah Metcalf. In 1901, her son-in-law,attorney Bradley F. Lewis, had the entire structureraised two-and-a-half feet and made extensiveadditions, including the wrap-around porch withpaired Ionic columns and spindlework balustrade.

�16 Bunnell House 64 West Tioga Street 1876

The house has been part of the Bunnell and Fieldsfamilies since it was

constructed for James Bunnell, father of Frank C.Bunnell. Frank twice served as a US congressman.He also served in the Union Army under Gen.McClellan until he was given a medical discharge in 1863 and returned to his mercantile pursuits inTunkhannock. The house has understated Italianateelements, including brick window arches and ornateroof brackets. The curved Colonial Revival-style porchwith Doric columns was added in the early 1900s.

�17 Hawke/Goble House72 West Tioga Street 1903–1907

Meshoppen quarry managerFrancis Hawke began

construction of this stone-and-shingle house in 1903but never finished it. The stone foundation was soldin 1907 to Samuel Goble, who completed the building.The front porch features square Doric columns thatwrap around the port-cochere and a large Palladianwindow in the third-floor gable end.

�18 Leighton House 71 West Tioga Street 1853

Constructed as a home forGeorge and Phebe Leighton,one room of this house was

used as a private school. The Leightons’ son, James,added the north wing of the house in 1885. HenryMetcalf bought the house in 1914 for his daughterand her husband, Walter Tewksbury. Tewksbury wasa dentist and winner of five medals in track and fieldat the 1900 Summer Olympics, where he representedthe University of Pennsylvania. The house remainedin the Tewksbury family into the 1980s.

�20 Hallock House 71 Elm Street 1904

The home of lumbermanJohn E. Hallock is a textbook example of

Colonial Revival-style architecture, which flourishedin the area in the early 1900s. Highlights include thesymmetrical facade, full-width one-story porch withDoric order columns and spindlework balustrade,Palladian window centered on the second floor,square pilasters, hipped roof with overhanging eaves and curved brackets, front gable dormer, and a widow's walk.

�21 Ervine House 67 Elm Street 1936

This is a classic Sears,Roebuck, and Co. cataloghouse, which was popular

between 1908 and 1940. During those years, Sears & Roebuck sold about 70,000 homes through theirmail order Modern Homes program. This is theChatham model and considered Colonial Dutch in style. The kit, costing $1,667, was ordered in 1935and delivered by train to Tunkhannock in early 1936.William and Mildred Ervine moved into the home in late 1936, and Mildred lived here until 1986.

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Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour9 Thomas Slocum

Building ca. 1843

10 Triton Hose Firehouse 1891

11 Sittser House 1900

12 Hungerford House 1880

13 Evangelical Church 1887

14 Henry Metcalf House 1895

15 Metcalf Museum 1936

16 Bunnell House 1876

1 Dietrich Theater 19372 Stark House 1883

3 Episcopal Church ca. 1883

4 Berlinghof House ca. 1869

5 Baptist Church 1883

6 Sand Hill School ca. 1854

7 Methodist Church 1939

8 Wyoming County Courthouse 1843

17 Hawke/Goble House1903-07

18 Leighton House 1853

19 Ross House ca. 1845

20 Hallock House 1904

21 Ervine House 1936

22 Palen House 1868

23 Gravel Hill Cemetery

24 Kittredge House 1911

25 Isaac Slocum Houseca. 1814

26 Presbyterian Church 1867

27 Dewitt House 1863

28 Piatt House 1896

29 Mack & Son Carriage Factory 1871

30 Fassett House 1896

31 Slocum House pre-1803

32 Wright House 1869

33 F.C. Bunnell Bank 1844

34 Bolles Building ca. 1840

35 Grey Block ca. 1887

36 Phelps Building 1844

37 Dana Block 1873

38 Wright Building 1845

39 Stark Brick Block 1844

40 Wall Hotel 1844

Note: Warren Street, formerly TurnpikeRoad and the main access to town fromthe river, is the dividing line betweeneast and west street addresses.

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�23 Gravel Hill Cemetery Susquehanna Avenue

Gravel Hill is the oldestsurviving cemetery in theborough, with its first burial

dating from 1829. Among its most notable inhabitantsare Benjamin Slocum who, at age 9, witnessed hisfather and grandfather being killed by DelawareIndians during a raid on a Wilkes-Barre fort. Hissister, Frances, was taken captive by them. Alsointerred here are George and Phebe Leighton, parentsof US Navy Rear Adm. Frank Leighton; and some 28 Civil War veterans, including Frank C. Bunnell,who also served the region as a congressman.

�24 Kittredge House 19 Susquehanna Avenue1911

This home was originallyowned by William Kittredge,who was a local lumber

baron and manufacturer of cosmetics and foodflavorings. In 1915, he applied to the US Patent Officefor a trademark for his concentrated food extracts.Dominated by a deep front porch and Ionic columns,turned spindlework balustrade, and port-cochereat its west end. The house was later sold to hisson-in-law, Donald Tiffany, who was a model builderfor the Cunard shipping line.

�25 Isaac Slocum House 21 West Tioga Street ca. 1814

One of the oldest houses inTunkhannock, the current

Presbyterian manse has twice been associated withthe church. It was originally part of a large farmowned by Maj. Isaac Slocum, one of the earliestsettlers in the area, and also served as a stage coachhostelry. From the mid 1800s to 1886, it was thehome of Presbyterian minister C.R. Lane who, inturn, sold it to William Benedict, who wanted hischildren to attend Tunkhannock's schools. Benedictwas awarded a patent in 1865 for a potato diggingmachine. In 1956, the building was conveyed back to the church for use as a manse.

�26 Presbyterian Church 51 Putnam Street 1867

The Presbyterian Church of Tunkhannock was

organized in 1833. Due to a fire that destroyed theoriginal wood-frame structure, it was rebuilt by thecongregation in 1867 and expanded in 1891. In 1964,the bell tower at the southeast side was removed inaddition to other renovations, giving it its currentappearance. Now known as the TunkhannockPresbyterian Church, it has been at this location for more than 150 years.

�22 Palen House 8 Susquehanna Avenue 1868

Tunkhannock Tanneryowner Gilbert Palen had this architecturally eclectic

home, with its clipped gable roof and wall dormers,constructed at the corner of Susquehanna Avenueand Elm Street. Palen was a fourth-generationtanner, and the Palen tannery dynasty oncestretched across six counties in New York andPennsylvania. The house remained the property ofthe tannery until 1902 and was later converted intoapartments. In 1984, the building was purchasedand restored as a single family unit by H. ClaytonErvine, who grew up in the house next door (No. 21).

�27 DeWitt House 33 West Tioga Street 1863

The construction of thishouse began in 1863, whenthe home faced Putnam

Street. Unspecified renovations to the originalI-shaped three-room house were completed prior to 1874. The current facade with the two-story Ioniccolumns and Neoclassical elements was in place by1906. Porches at the east and west ends were addedby 1926 and also sport Ionic columns. The DeWittfamily and the Sittsers, who subsequently owned thehouse, co-owned several livestock farms in the region.

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�28 Piatt House24 West Tioga Street 1896

This high-style example ofQueen Anne architecturewas built by prominent

attorney James Wilson Piatt, who served asWyoming County District Attorney from 1875 to1878. Highlights include steeply-pitched irregularroofs, a wrap-around porch with both a turreted and cross-gable roof, a cantilevered tower, andfinials. In 1923, the elaborate home was passed fromPiatt's widow and local artist, Frances OverfieldPiatt, to her daughter Eulalie Piatt Ogden, who also studied law and worked in her father's office.The family sold the house in 1973.

�30 Fassett House25 West Tioga Street 1896

Another example of QueenAnne-style mansions, thehome of John B. Fassett is

known to be as detailed on the inside as it is on itsexterior. Notice the delicate spindlework on theporch railing and supports on both the first andsecond floors. The first story wraparound porch also has a spindlework frieze. Fassett helped to formCitizens National Bank in 1902 with W.P Billings, F.B. Jennings, H.D. Billings, and C.O. Dersheimer.Fassett was an officer of the Scranton Life InsuranceCompany in the 1920s.

�31 Slocum House 21 West Tioga Street pre-1803

The core of this home, which has been modifiedmany times, was built by

the family of Isaac Slocum, brother of FrancesSlocum. Though the precise date of its constructionis unknown, it was featured among sketchescollected by Frances Overfield Piatt and dated to1803. In about 1829, Maj. Benjamin Slocum moved to this house and 300-acre farm from Scranton,where he was postmaster, and became postmasterhere, succeeding his brother Isaac.

�32 Wright House 20 West Tioga Street 1869

When Daniel Wright had this house built, a localnewspaper commented that

it was a shame that such a magnificent structurewas not built in a “more showy location.” Wrightsold the house the next year to Frank C. Bunnell,who had the wrought-iron fence constructed by C.D. Gearhart & Co., a machine shop and foundry on Warren Street. The fence design features ahickory leaf and nut motif.

�29 Mack & Son Carriage Factory55 Putnam Street 1871

William Mack started acarriage business in a barn

on this site that burned down in 1868. He entered apartnership with William Kiefer in 1874. They builtcarriages, wagons, and buggies. The building wasconverted to a residence in 1881. The building featuresItalianate elements, including a symmetrical five-bayfacade, double-hung windows, and shallow brickarches over the windows.

History of FloodingTunkhannock's proximity to the SusquehannaRiver and Tunkhannock Creek has made it a targetfor many flooding events. Persistent high waterand ice jams proved costly to canal operatorsbetween 1852 and 1869. A flood gauge was installedon Tunkhannock Creek east of the borough around1920. In 1972, major flooding along the NorthBranch Susquehanna River caused the removal of numerous homes in what is now the borough'sRiverside Park. Four of the most significantflooding events since 1920, however, havehappened since 2004, the worst being theSeptember 2011 flood that reached the intersectionof Tioga and Bridge streets, necessitating theremoval of additional structures.

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�33 F.C. Bunnell Bank Building 6, 8, 10 West Tioga Street1844

The left side of this buildingwas originally built as a

one-story house for Sherman D. Phelps. It was soldto Frank C. Bunnell in 1872, at which time a one-storyaddition was used as a private bank. It is believedthat the second story of the home was added byBunnell, a US congressman and first president of the Wyoming County Agricultural Society. The bankclosed in 1889, and the building was used for a timeas a bakery. The second floor of the commercialportion was added in 1903. The building has alsobeen used as apartments and various retail andcommercial businesses.

�34 Bolles Building 3 West Tioga Streetca. 1840

This is the oldest commercialbuilding featured on the tourand was originally a drug

store and grocery store owned by Dr. A. H. Bolles atwhat was then the intersection of Tioga Street andTurnpike Road. The property that once surrounded it had a large frame house, barn and fruit trees. It was sold in the 1850s to Daniel Winchester, whoconveyed it to attorney Daniel A. Bardwell in 1861. In 1929, dentist Walter Tewksbury moved his practicehere from across the street, renting out the storefronts on the first floor. Its uses have also includedresidential and retail.

�35 Grey Block2 East Tioga Street ca. 1887

This is actually a cluster ofthree buildings built between1887 and 1890. A small

clapboard house on this site was the only structurein this block to survive the Great Fire of 1870 andwas moved down Warren Street where it still stands.Over the years, the building has served as a drugstore, soda fountain, dry goods and grocery store,clothing store, and an antiques shop.

�36 Phelps Building1 East Tioga Street 1844

Sherman D. Phelps, whosehome was located acrossWarren Street (No. 33), built

this three-story brick commercial structure, whichhe sold in 1849 to Isaac Ross. Most often used as a hardware store, the building has also been hometo a harness and trunk factory and a dress andbonnet shop. Known alternately through the yearsas O.S. Mills & Co. Hardware, Mills & Billings,Billings & Sons and George Hardware Store, thebuilding has also been used as a grocery outlet,clothing store, youth center, coffee house, and fine dining restaurant.

Center of TunkhannockThe intersection of Tioga and Warren streets isthe most intact commercial intersection in townand was once its primary intersection. The viewfrom the Grey Block toward the courthouse anddown Tioga Street appears much the same as itwould have in 1890, if not for the modernizing ofsome structures.

Sullivan's MarchIn May of 1779, Gen. George Washington sent a letter to Gen. John Sullivan, commanding him to mount an expedition against “hostile tribes ofthe Six Nations of Indians,” namely the IroquoisFederation in central New York State. More than4,000 soldiers marched from Easton to central PA, then up the Susquehanna River throughTunkhannock to Tioga – now Athens, PA. Troopsspent one night on the banks of the Susquehannaat a spring in Tunkhannock near what wouldbecome Turnpike Road, and later Warren Street.

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�38 Wright Building103 Warren Street 1845

Built by Daniel Wright, this building was generallyassociated with Frank C.

Bunnell's property on Tioga Street. It changed handssimultaneously several times with the property atthe corner (No. 33) with little mention in deedtransfers of its original uses. Prior to becoming alawyer's office, the long, narrow building once held a small bowling alley and a laundromat. The DARused to meet on the third floor, which is a wide open space. It has also been a private residence.

�39 Stark Brick Block31, 35, 39 East Tioga Street1844

Henry Stark, treasurer of the Tunkhannock Bridge

Company and a landowner, bought this tract of land in 1830 and began construction of the brickcommercial buildings at the corner of Tioga andBridge streets in 1844. Numerous businesses haveoperated here through the years, including a familybakery. It has served as various retail outlets,restaurants, and apartments.

�40 Wall Hotel45 East Tioga Street 1844

The core of this building was constructed in 1844, butthere has been a hostelry

at this corner since 1814, when Carter Hickock ran a guest house constructed of wood. Henry Starkoversaw the construction of the larger hotel, whichwas known as the Wall Hotel from 1876 to 1889 andHotel Graham from 1889 to 1944. Its final namechange to the Prince Hotel came after the purchaseof the building by Frank Prins. The hotel wasmodernized in 2013.

�37 Dana Block110, 112, 114 Warren Street – 1873

More than 140 years ofadditions and renovationsmakes it difficult to picture

the original house and business buildings constructedunder the guidance of Civil War veteran and medicaldoctor Charles H. Dana. The first addition was themiddle section constructed in 1894, with the thirdsection built shortly thereafter. The most strikingarchitectural features still remaining are the ornatestone lintels over the windows on 110 Warren Street.Between 1959 and 1962, Dana's heirs sold the block toattorney Davis R. Hobbs, who resided and conductedbusiness there through 1993.

Tunkhannock’s Covered BridgesThe first bridge across the Susquehanna Rivermade Tioga and Bridge streets a major intersectionand a direct route to Montrose. It was completed in 1857. The third and last covered bridge (above)was damaged by the flood of 1902 and condemned. Its timbers were hauled to a local mill and sawed into shingles.

Tunkhannock’s IndustriesThe first foundry in Tunkhannock was built onWarren Street by Cyrus Avery in 1840; it was soldin 1850 to C.D. Gearhart, who operated it for manyyears. Avery's next foundry was on the corner ofWest Tioga Street and Maple Avenue; later namedthe Tunkhannock Agricultural Works, its productsincluded plows, threshing machines, and dog-powered treadmills. Two of the four witch hazelfactories in the U.S. were here; the last one burnedin 1936. The Atherholt Dairy building on WestTioga Street later housed the Endless MountainsWater Co. A four-story wooden building, longhome to Gay's hardware, was previously a spooland bobbin factory, and a woolen mill.

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FebruaryDietrich Winter Film Fest

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AprilDietrich Spring Film Festival

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MayWyoming County Chamber Showcase

Wyoming County Chamber of CommerceWyCCC.com

Wyoming County Historical Society Open HousepaWCHS.org

JuneTunkhannock Business & Professional AssociationFounders Day – TunkhannockBusiness.com

JulyDietrich Summer Film FestRiver Day at Riverside Park

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AugustTriton Hose Company Carnival

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SeptemberDietrich Fall Film Festival

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OctoberTunkhannock Quilt & Artisans Walk

TunkhannockBusiness.com

Wyoming County Chamber FallFest MixerWyoming County Chamber of Commerce

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NovemberChristmas Open House

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DecemberChristmas in Our HometownTunkhannockBusiness.com

Tunkhannock Annual Events

The Wyoming County Cultural Center at the Dietrich Theater60 East Tioga StreetTunkhannock, PA 18657(570) 836-1022DietrichTheater.com

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Spend a weekend or a day to visit historicTunkhannock. Housesand commercialbuildings date from pre-1803 to a Searshouse that was built in 1936. Enjoy the local history, shops,restaurants andSusquehanna Riveractivities.

Historic Tunkhannock Walking Tour

National Register of Historic PlacesNortheastern Pennsylvania

This project was funded in part by the Wyoming CountyRoom Tax Fund and the Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau,

the PA Route 6 Alliance, the Endless Mountains HeritageRegion and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation

and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation andConservation with funding from the Environmental

Stewardship Fund and the Heritage Areas Program Fund.