Does anyone recognize this Scranton house? (Throop, Penn: purchase, living, association)

[ScranBarre]

It's funny how times change. Like you, rockky, I also love these "before and after" sorts of shots. I have two books---one detailing Nova Scotia and one highlighting Philadelphia---that are replete with historic images beside what it is currently there today (sadly in more cases than not the "now" pictures are of parking lots, drive-thru banks/drug stores, run-down buildings, etc. as historic preservation is not a priority anymore).

In the recent picture you can see that the home in question along with the neighboring one on the right are the originals from that first photo. The Cape Cod-styled home on the left is obviously a more recent addition (1950s-1960s would be my guess), but I wonder what was on that plot at the time of the first photo.

[scrantonluna]

Oh man, I'd be opening those stained glass windows back up and restoring the porch! Something like this can be absolutely priceless to the owner of an old home, I'd sure like to see what mine looked like when it was first built. This might even make a good human interest story for the Sunday Times...

[scrantonluna]

Oh and Paul, my tile is finally in. Thanks again!

[ScranBarre]

Not a problem, Luna! I'm just happy to see that the finished product turned out great! I'm sorry the Dickson City (Scranton?) store wasn't more helpful when you were having so much difficulty obtaining those tiles.

[mbs7]

Wow: it's great that the owner of the house has been found and that now, thanks to ScranBarre we also have a current picture!

[loveinbloom]

This was an awesome thread! Thanks all!

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by ScranBarre

In the recent picture you can see that the home in question along with the neighboring one on the right are the originals from that first photo. The Cape Cod-styled home on the left is obviously a more recent addition (1950s-1960s would be my guess), but I wonder what was on that plot at the time of the first photo.

I think that it was empty. When you look around the neighborhood, you see that the housing stock is comprised mostly of large, older homes which would have been built (on Avenues) when the area was developed. The carriage barns would have been at the rear of the property and accessed from the alleyways (Place). Newer, smaller homes, Cape Cods mostly, are scattered throughout between the original homes.

Perhaps some of the original property owners bought those lots for future use or sale. It's just as likely that there was some sort of financial panic or downturn and people stopped building houses for a time.

Wiki tells me that the Cape Cod revival started in the 1930's.

Interestingly, there's another house of the same style as the subject over at 1132 Reynolds.

[mbs7]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I think that it was empty. When you look around the neighborhood, you see that the housing stock is comprised mostly of large, older homes which would have been built (on Avenues) when the area was developed. The carriage barns would have been at the rear of the property and accessed from the alleyways (Place). Newer, smaller homes, Cape Cods mostly, are scattered throughout between the original homes.

Perhaps some of the original property owners bought those lots for future use or sale. It's just as likely that there was some sort of financial panic or downturn and people stopped building houses for a time.

Wiki tells me that the Cape Cod revival started in the 1930's.

Interestingly, there's another house of the same style as the subject over at 1132 Reynolds.

I, too, think that the lot to the left of the house in the original picture was empty at the time that picture was taken. The grass on that side of the house is pretty tall; perhaps they used that lot as a place to pasture the horse.

[WatsonWest]

If you go back to Google Maps & see the house with the round porch to the right of the blue house (which is just to the right of the house in question) that's my house.
I just find it amazing that someone here actually knew the house on the old photo. I think it's even funnier that it was me, since I only moved to this area a few years ago & am only really getting to know the area. I don't venture out too much except in very specific areas.

BTW, the street numbers are wrong on Google. I'm just sayin'.

[blip]

I'm amazed that this was tracked down--really could have been *anywhere* in town..

"Crowd sourcing" at work I guess..