[1] The Moody Mansion stands in the village of East Pittston, on the west side of SR 194, opposite its junction with Hanley Road.

It has a complex cross-gabled roofline, with a large front-facing wall dormer whose gable is decorated with applied woodwork.

[2] The house was built in 1890 for Leonard and Marianna Moody, to a design by the Parfitt Brothers of Brooklyn, New York.

Leonard Moody was a Pittston native who met with financial success in the Brooklyn real estate business, and had this house built as a summer residence.

The house was so large and elaborate for a modest rural community, that its construction garnered coverage from local newspapers.