Architecture of Plymouth, Pennsylvania
At the beginning of the 19th century, Plymouth's primary industry was agriculture, and many of its residents were the descendants of the Connecticut Yankees who first settled the town. Its early architecture resembled that of a small New England village. However, vast anthracite coal beds lay below the surface at various depths, and by the 1850s, coal mining was the town's primary occupation, attracting a more diverse population. After the arrival of the railroad in 1857, the town's architecture became more typical of a growing industrial center.
Notable buildings (1780–1860)
Notable buildings (1861–1880)
Notable buildings (1881–1900)
Notable buildings (1901–1930)
Notable buildings (1931–2000)
Coal breakers below Academy Street
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Jameson Harvey Breaker | 1864 Painting | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Demolished in 1871 after a boiler explosion. | ||||
| Grand Tunnel - Freeman Thomas' Coal Chute | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built about 1832 by Freeman Thomas. | Destroyed by fire January 1860. | ||||
| Grand Tunnel - Mammouth Co.'s Coal Chute | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built in 1860 to replace Freeman Thomas' Grand Tunnel Coal Chute. | |||||
| MacFarlane Breaker | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built 1857. | Destroyed by fire in 1865. | ||||
| Susquehanna Coal Co. No. 3 Breaker | Photo by E.W. Beckwith About 1875 | 1884 Map | West Main Street near West Nanticoke | Built 1872 to replace Jameson Harvey Breaker | Demolished 1932 | Designer: Charles F. Ingram, Engineer, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Builder: James Linskill. Purchased in 1922 by the Grand Tunnel Coal Co. | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Chauncey Colliery Breaker ' | 1911 | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built Before 1873 | Demolished 1919 | ||
| Chauncey Colliery Breaker ' | West Main Street | Built 1919. | Destroyed by Fire January 1923 | Designer: Frank B. Davenport, Engineer. | |||
| Chauncey Colliery Breaker ' | 1926 | West Main Street | Completed April 1923. | Demolished 1941 | Designer: Paul Sterling, Engineer, Wilkes-Barre, PA Builder: E.E. Reilly, Kingston, PA | ||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Avondale Colliery Breaker ' | September 1869 | West Main Street | Destroyed by fire September 1869 | ||||
| Avondale Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built 1870 | Designer: Henry J. Phillips, Engineer. | |||
| Avondale Colliery Breaker ' | West Main Street | Completed November 1905. | Demolished 1935 | ||||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Jersey Colliery Breaker | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built before 1873. | Demolished after 1884 | |||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Plymouth Red Ash Coal Co. Breaker | West Main Street East of DeHaven Street | Completed December 1914. | Demolished June 1942. | Leased from John Turner Estate | |||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Washington Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 | 1884 Map | Flat Road below West Main Street | Built About 1854 | Demolished 1890 | Known as J. R. Reynolds Breaker Known as Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. "Reynolds No. 16" | |
| Washington Colliery Breaker ' | Postcard about 1906 | Flat Road below West Main Street | Built 1890 | Demolished 1912 | Known as Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Co. "Reynolds No. 16" | ||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Nottingham Colliery Breaker ' | Postcard 1905 Old Breaker New Breaker | 1884 Map | West Main Street | Built 1868. Enlarged 1875. | Demolished 1905 | ||
| Nottingham Colliery Breaker ' | Postcard about 1910 | NA | West Main Street | Built 1903–1905 | Demolished August 1936 | ||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
Coal breakers above Academy Street
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Parrish Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 | West Main Street near Downing Street | Built 1884 | Destroyed by fire 1887 | Builder: Joseph C. Tyrrell. | ||
| Parrish Colliery Breaker ' | 1901 | 1896 map 1902 Map | West Main Street near Downing Street | Completed 1887. | Collapsed in Storm 1920 | Builder: J.C. Tyrrell. Foreman: Alexander Scott. | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Dodson Colliery Breaker ' | Photo About 1875 Photo August 1877 | 1884 Map | East Main Street opposite Cherry Street | Built 1870 | Destroyed by fire July 1899 | ||
| Dodson Colliery Breaker ' | Postcard ca 1912 | 1902 Map | East Main Street opposite Cherry Street | Built 1900 | Demolished | ||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Lance Colliery Breaker ' | About 1867 1877 Photo | East Main Street near Chestnut Street | Built about 1865; Remodeled in 1873. | Demolition begun October 1882. | 1877 Photo shows Lance Breaker in Distance. | ||
| Lance Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 Aerial Map 1899 Photo | 1884 Map | East Main Street near Chestnut Street | Built 1882-1883. | Demolished July 1931. | ||
| Lance Colliery Breaker ' | About 1940 | East Main Street near Chestnut Street | Built 1931 | Demolished | |||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Gaylord Colliery Breaker ' | 1873 Map | Washington Avenue above Cherry Street | Built about 1872. | Destroyed by fire 1879 | |||
| Gaylord Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 Aerial Map Postcard About 1906 | 1884 Map | Washington Avenue above Cherry Street | Built 1879 | Demolished 1935 | Builder: A. B. Tyrell. | |
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Hillside Colliery Breaker | Plymouth "above Welsh Hill." | Completed May 1906 | Demolished after 1917 | Builder: Coats & Haywood. | |||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H Breaker No. 5 ' | 1884 1905 | 1884 Map | Washington Avenue above Carver Street | Built before 1873 | Became a Washery 1899; Destroyed by fire April 1907. | ||
| D&H Breaker No. 5 ' | Postcard ca 1910 | Shupp's Creek | Built about 1898. | Destroyed by Fire 1919. | |||
| D&H Breaker No. 5 ' | 1919 Photo | Shupp's Creek | Completed April 1919. | ||||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H Breaker No. 4 | 1884 Aerial Map | 1884 Map | Intersection of Vine Street and State Street | Built 1857. | Abandoned January 1899. Demolished 1901 | ||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Boston Colliery Breaker ' | About 1875 | 1884 Map | East Main Street at Shupp's Creek | Built 1874 or earlier. | Destroyed by fire in 1887 | Photo by E.W. Beckwith | |
| Boston Colliery Breaker ' | 1904 | NA | State Street at Shupp's Creek | Built 1887 | Demolished 1909 | ||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H No.1 Colliery Breaker ' | East Main Street at Shupp's Creek | Destroyed by Fire September 1, 1876. | |||||
| D&H No.1 Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 Map | East Main Street at Shupp's Creek | Demolished | ||||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H No.2 Colliery Breaker | 1884 Map | Shupp's Creek | Built 1864. | Demolished 1916. | |||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| D&H No.3 Colliery Breaker ' | 1884 Map | Shupp's Creek | Built before 1873. Unused as of October 1879. | Destroyed by Fire November 15, 1894. | |||
| D&H No.3 Colliery Breaker ' | Shupp's Creek | Built 1893 | Destroyed by Fire 1916. | ||||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |
| Woodward Colliery ' | 1900 Photo | Toby's Creek | Completed July 1888. | Demolished 1917 | |||
| Woodward Colliery ' | Toby's Creek | Built 1917. | Demolished | Foundation: Curtis Construction Co. of New York. | |||
| Name | Image | Date of Image | Map | Location | Year Built | Current Condition | Notes |