1950: The building across Lackawanna Avenue from Oppenheim’s originally housed the First National Bank of Scranton. The bank built this building , it’s third home, in 1915 and occupied it from 1916 to 1929. A newer building was then erected on the site buy the state Department of Labor and Industry Bureau of Employment Security. (Shown with Hinerfeld Sign)
2011: The buildings in the 1950 photo were razed as part of the Steamtown Mall Project. The site of the old bank building is now home to the central portion Boscov’s department store.
