Visit the online history tour. From the project introduction page: This online exhibit explores some of the most iconic structures in Pittston’s history–many of which lined Main Street–and which left deep impressions on the memories of Pittston’s residents in the twentieth century. The structures featured here point to the intimate…
St. Casimir’s Church – Church & Butler Street– Lithuanians began settling in Pittston in 1869. By 1885 two hundred Lithuanians called Pittston home. Until St. Casimir’s Church was completed in 1889, the Lithuanians fulfilled their religious duties in other Catholic churches and congregated in the St. Casimir’s Society. A Lithuanian…
“When the Fort Jenkins Bridge opened in 1926, spanning the Susquehanna River between Pittston and West Pittston, the Pittston Gazette newspaper called it a “work of art.” The bridge is practically one solid block of more than 20,000 cubic feet of concrete, according to the Gazette. The bridge cost $689,700…
