{"nrhp_refnum":"09001212","name":"Philadelphia Quartermaster Depot","other_names":["Defense Personnel Support Center","Defense Supply Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2724 S. 20th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.91864752500004,"lon":-75.18294546838207,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-01-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A complex of federal warehouse, manufacturing, administrative and support buildings at 2724 S. 20th Street near Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The eleven contributing buildings were erected in a single campaign from 1939 to 1942 and are clad in tan and brown brick with Art Deco elements.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant under Criterion A for its role in Quartermaster Department supply during World War II, including the department's only textile factory in the United States. It also argues under Criterion C that the complex is an intact Art Deco military complex designed by the Ballinger Company.","narrative":"Eleven brick buildings built between 1939 and 1942 make up this federal supply complex on a twenty-six acre lot near 20th Street and Oregon Avenue in South Philadelphia. The Ballinger Company designed the group, and Wark and Company built it, in a stylistically unified Art Deco design. Building 9, a four-story concrete warehouse measuring 975 by 200 feet, was described as the largest concrete building in the country at the time. Building 8 held the boiler house and a clock tower with a smokestack. The complex was the Quartermaster Department's only textile factory in the United States and supplied uniforms, sponged fabric and equipage to the Army through World War II. Its textile laboratory also conducted materials testing. The buildings were renamed the Defense Personnel Support Center in 1965, and the period of significance runs to that date. The complex retains integrity because the 1939 to 1942 campaign remains intact and few alterations beyond replacement windows have been made.","period_of_significance":"1939-1965","architect_builder":"The Ballinger Company (designer); Wark and Company (builder)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The document states that Building 6 and Building 8 are currently vacant, and that Building 9 is used as commercial and storage space; the site was officially closed by the Army in 1998.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.268241-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/09001212.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997522","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Quartermaster_Depot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7182799"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/philadelphia-quartermaster-depot-09001212/"}