Editing Starrucca, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
Starrucca was named after the founder's [[horse]], which he rode as he surveyed the land. Other says Starrucca means either where waters meet in a Native American language, or that it is from a more ancient term meaning "where dreams go to die." (Star (rucca, dying, as in a dying star).

The historic [[Stone Arch Bridge (Starrucca Creek)|Stone Arch Bridge]] over [[Starrucca Creek]] was added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on January 1, 1979, and was delisted on May 8, 1986,<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref> after being demolished.

In 2003, Dennis and Donna Corrigan were honored by the Wayne County Historical Society with its Historic Preservation Award for their restoration of the Major Elisha Strong House in Starrucca.<ref>"[https://www.waynehistorypa.com/places/hpawards Historic Preservation Awards]." Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wayne County Historical Society, retrieved online June 2, 2023.</ref> Born in 1818, Strong was a resident of New York and a former major in a militia unit who was awarded a 410-acre portion of the Pennsylvania estate of John Sherwood in 1852, including a plank house with board-and-batten siding and hemlock plank floors and doors. Built circa 1800, the house was later expanded with a [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]]-style addition. Strong subsequently formed a partnership with Guernsey Osborne and began operating the Starrucca Tannery; he then moved his family to Starrucca in 1862 and added cattle breeding and lumber production to his business portfolio. By 1872, he owned most of the town's land and buildings. Following his death in 1895, his widow, Estelle Strong, was awarded ownership of what would later become known as the Major Elisha Strong House; she then retained that ownership until 1921.<ref>"[https://www.waynehistorypa.com/places/id/151 Major Elisha P. Strong House]." Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wayne County Historical Society, retrieved online June 2, 2023.</ref>

The Barnes House, which is located on Depot Hill on Little Ireland Road in Starrucca, is a large clapboard residence that was built by Homer Spencer in 1888. Shortly thereafter, Spencer built a three-story grist mill; his historic property was then purchased eleven years later by Miles Kenyon and Arthur Laribee who took over the mill's operations before selling the mill and house to Stephen Decatur Barnes and his wife, Hattie (Armstrong) Barnes in 1910. Barnes subsequently added an extension to the mill's south side, upgraded the nearby dam from a wooden to concrete structure, and then continued to operate the water-powered grist mill until 1940, when a new power source was installed. The mill, which finally ceased operations in 1986, was purchased by William and Valerie Tilton in 1994.<ref>"[https://www.waynehistorypa.com/places/id/97 The Barnes House]." Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Wayne County Historical Society, retrieved online June 2, 2023.</ref>