Albright Memorial Library

Scranton's main public library, a Beaux-Arts building that has served the community since 1893. The library holds significant historical collections related to Scranton's industrial past.

The Albright Memorial Library opened in May 1893, built on land donated by the children of Joseph J. Albright, a general coal sales agent for the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad who had constructed his family home on this corner of Washington Avenue and Vine Street. After Joseph and Elizabeth Albright's deaths, their children reached an agreement with the City of Scranton to demolish the original Albright house and construct a library in their parents' memory. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1978.

Some wonder if the ghost of John J. Albright himself, or members of his family, haunt the building constructed on their former homestead. Visitors and staff have reported sightings of mysterious shadows in the basement, doors opening and closing on their own, glowing orbs appearing on the staircases, and books seemingly falling from shelves without any apparent cause. Wyoming Valley Ghost Tours has conducted paranormal investigations at the library, setting up equipment in the stacks on the basement level and partnering with the Scranton Public Library for combined history tours and paranormal investigations.

The Albright Memorial Library is now part of the Lackawanna County "Haunted Trail," a self-guided tour of reportedly haunted locations in the area. Since it first opened, the library has served the city of Scranton and surrounding areas for over 130 years, and apparently some patrons have never checked out.