{"nrhp_refnum":"04001228","name":"Marine Corps Depot of Supplies, Schuykill Warehouse","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"700-734 Schuykill Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.94511602500006,"lon":-75.18691041799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-11-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story orange brick warehouse on Schuylkill Avenue on the east bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, erected in two stages in 1941 and 1943 for the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building was the primary warehouse of the Marine Corps Supply Activity during World War II, handling distribution of supplies within the Marine Corps. It also argues the building is a largely unaltered example of the Moderne style and the work of Philadelphia architect Eugene A. Stopper.","narrative":"Built in 1941 on Schuylkill Avenue beside the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, this six-story warehouse was erected for the Marine Corps Depot of Supplies at a cost announced as $1,300,000. A northern addition of 1943, also designed by Eugene A. Stopper, was built to serve the Motor Transport Division, and the two sections read as one composition. The building's monolithic form has painted concrete first-story walls, orange brick above, long bands of steel windows, and a flat roof. Its interior keeps exposed concrete floors, brick walls, and mushroom columns across most of the warehouse floors. During World War II it was the primary warehouse of the Marine Corps Supply Activity. Its importance lies in that wartime role and in its intact Moderne industrial design. In 1964 the federal government transferred it to the Philadelphia school district, which used it for vocational training until about 1980.","period_of_significance":"1941-1945","architect_builder":"Stopper, Eugene A.","architectural_style":"MODERN MOVEMENT / Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The document states the building was used by the Philadelphia school district for administrative offices and storage after the school closed around 1980; it does not state current occupancy.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.495258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/04001228.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001228/7eb937685d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04001228/7eb937685d-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Depot_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Depot_Philly.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997524","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Depot_of_Supplies,_Schuylkill_Warehouse","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6764090"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/marine-corps-depot-of-supplies-schuykill-warehouse-04001228/"}