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Founded in 1888, Scranton is a nationally recognized Catholic and Jesuit university in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains region. The University offers 59 undergraduate and 24 graduate programs to approximately 5,600 students, as well as an extensive selection of continuing education programs for working professionals. The campus, located in downtown Scranton has seen major expansion projects over the last few years including new resident halls, classrooms and a new student center.

Scranton Prep is a Catholic and Jesuit college preparatory day school for boys and girls.
The current enrollment is 850 students. The Prep School is fully accredited by Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. It is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association, the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Catholic Educational Association. The school recently added a new gymnasium, performing arts center and athletic fields to its campus on Wyoming Ave. in Scranton PA.

Scranton High School provides a four-year comprehensive program for its enrollment of approx. 1850 students. It is certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Scranton High School is an example of modern architecture and it displays a very interesting design. Most of the classrooms are in one of three “wings” and the gym and pool are on the opposite end of the building. The school was the recipient of a Golden Trowell Award for an educational building in 2002.

Scranton City Hall is located at Washington and Mulberry streets in the downtown section of the city. It is a three-story limestone ashlar Victorian Gothic building with sandstone trim, designed by architects Edwin L. Walter and Frederick Lord Brown and built in 1888. The main building, on Washington Street, houses the offices of city’s mayor and other executive officers — city clerk, comptroller and police chief - and those who work under their immediate supervision. A bridge from the second story connects it to the fire department headquarters, facing Mulberry Street, built at the same time by the same architects in the same style. Since the two form a larger complex, they were listed together when the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

The Anthracite Heritage Museum is located in McDade Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Museum tells the story of the people who came from Europe to work in the anthracite mining and textiles industries. The Museum’s diverse regional collections represent all facets of work, life and values of the region’s ethnic communities. The Museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, PA. As part of the Anthracite Heritage Museum, the Coal Mine Tour allows visitors to descend 300 feet below the earth’s surface to explore abandoned tunnels of rock and coal while learning about life and hard coal times in the Shifting Shanty. There is an extensive display of mining tools and artifacts and jewelry crafted from hard coal.

The Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel Scranton, a six-story historic landmark that once served as a passenger train station, has currently undergone a multimillion dollar renovation to honor the past while giving this glorious hotel an inviting, timeless appeal. With a great location in the heart of downtown Scranton, and with fabulous shopping and historical attractions within walking distance, the Radisson Hotel Scranton offers warm hospitality and superior services that are sure to please business and leisure travelers alike.

A two-year technical college founded by coal baron Orlando S. Johnson in 1918 from his estate, the campus is located along North Main Ave. in Scranton Pa. Offering 12 degree programs of study, the college is housed on a 41 acre campus with classrooms, laboratories, administration buildings and student housing.

Scranton was Pennsylvania’s first city with a successful pioneer trolley line and became known as “The Electric City”. The museum collection provides a highly representative picture of the electric railway history of eastern Pennsylvania, from the Philadelphia region to Northeast Pennsylvania. In addition to the vintage trolleys on display, the museum features a late 19th century mill building that has been resplendently restored as the museum’s interpretive center, a restored trolley, a 50-seat theatre, and a Trolley Excursion follow the path of the famed Laurel Line electric interurban railroad.