I’m not really sure how many times I’ve driven by this without giving it too much thought. Recently I heard this building was to be sold, so I figured I’d check it out before it was possibly razed.
Turns out this was, unsurprisingly, supposed to have been a coffee shop. The sign for the business is still out in front of the mug. For whatever reason it never materialized, and the property was put on public auction a few months ago.
Where exactly in Wilkes-Barre is this? I’ve never seen it before it my life.
Along Spring St. I believe Spring & Mundy.
I’m from the area and just noticed this today….what a great idea for a coffee shop ..its so sad it just sits there rotting away!!
I saw this mug building many years ago on a nostalgia site displaying pictures and information about odd buildings from the past. There definitely is a story connected to the building, which I’m positive was moved to Wilkes Barre, PA from another state. Whomever the seller is, they should find out the history, and possible a picture of it in its heyday, and make it part of the marketing plan. Would be a sad thing to have it rot and then be torn down.
Some man, as I recall, built it by hand.