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== Places == * Honesdale has hundreds of [[Victorian era|Victorian age]] structures, and features several tall church steeples, historically significant buildings of many kinds, and a memorial Central Park beside the Wayne County Courthouse. While current zoning laws do not require building remodelling to remain historically accurate, the vast majority of houses and structures remain architecturally as they were constructed, often more than a century past. *Honesdale was home to the Roman Catholic St. Vincent's Elementary School, located on Cliff Street. The school closed at the end of the 2008-2009 school year after declining enrollment.<ref>[http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2009/01/22/news/doc4978d6637d411055543253.txt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090126211331/http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/articles/2009/01/22/news/doc4978d6637d411055543253.txt|date=January 26, 2009}}</ref> Nonetheless, two Catholic churches continue with vigorous participation, as do churches of other denominations and a synagogue. * Irving Cliff, 300 feet high, named for [[Washington Irving]] who loved its prominence,<ref name=park/> overlooks the town and offers a compelling view of the confluence of the [[Lackawaxen River]] and Dyberry Creek and virtually everything else in the valley. The cliff is surmounted by [[Honesdale Star Park|Gibbons Memorial Park]]<ref name=park>{{cite web|url=http://www.waynehistorypa.org/places/id/150 |title=Wayne County Historical Society |publisher=Waynehistorypa.org |date=2016 |access-date=2016-07-27}}</ref> with a 50-foot electric framework for a Christmas Star and Easter Cross that are visible for miles during holiday nights. Fireworks are fired from the cliff for [[United States Declaration of Independence|Independence Day]] festivities. * Many summer camps are located in and around Honesdale, including Bryn Mawr Camp, Camp Cayuga, Camp IHC, formerly known as Indian Head Camp, Camp Lavi, Camp Morasha, Camp Moshava, formerly Camp Navajo, Camp Nesher, [[Camp Ramah in the Poconos]], Camp Raninu, Camp Seneca Lake, Summit Camp, Camp Towanda, Trail's End Camp, Tyler Hill Camp, [[Camp Watonka]], Camp Wayne and Camp Weequahic. Many campers travel from the [[New York Metropolitan Area]], [[New England]], [[Philadelphia]] and further afield to attend camps in the area, as they have for many decades. The camps are the county's largest industry. * Cranker's Collection of Mechanical Marvels includes a private collection of classic cars mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. There are also several dance hall organs, Edison phonographs, and other music boxes from the 1800s.
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