Androscoggin County Chamber of Commerce

Union Block: 21-29 Lisbon

A Walking Tour of Downtown Lewiston, Maine

by William Karz, Bates College

Information provided by National Register.


The building is architecturally significant as a distinguished example of Italianate style commercial design built during one of Lewiston’s most important periods of development. John Y. Scruton, the builder, was a prominent clothing merchant in the 1900’s who rented the third floor hall to the Knights of Phythias, the Odd Fellows, and the Kora Temple.

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