Concrete City - Nanticoke PA
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nomadwillie
N 41° 11.130 W 075° 58.838
18T E 417758 N 4559813
The Concrete City was an early example of International Style architecture in the United States, built as company housing in 1911.
Waymark Code: WMNXJB
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2015
Views: 6
Marker reads:
Notable for early use of International Style architectural concepts in creating "model" industrial housing. Located 1/4 - mile north of here. The homes, built by the D L & W Railroad's Coal Division for forty Truesdale Colliery employees, were opened in 1913. Constructed of poured concrete, the twenty two-story rectangular double houses surrounded a park. Controlled by the Glen Alden Coal Company after 1921; abandoned in 1924.
Marker Name: Concrete City
County: Luzerne
Date Dedicated: 10/09/1998
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Front St. & Phillips St., near athletic fields, Hanover section of Nanticoke
Category: Buildings & Architecture, Business & Industry, Coal, Labor
Website: [Web Link]
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