{"nrhp_refnum":"75001662","name":"Marine Corps Supply Activity","other_names":["Quartermater`s Depot, US Marine Corps"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1100 S. Broad St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.93757757900005,"lon":-75.16734295899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-08-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former U.S. Marine Corps supply depot complex in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, centred on a five-story Greek Revival style main building begun in 1904 and extended in 1908, with several connected warehouse and storehouse additions. The complex has been used by the Marine Corps since its construction.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for its long association with Marine Corps clothing manufacture, equipment production and supply management, particularly during World War I and World War II. It also cites the Activity's later role as the single inventory control point for the Marine Corps supply system from 1967.","narrative":"Built in 1904 and extended in 1908, the main building of this Philadelphia complex is a five-story structure of stone, red brick and concrete, with Ionic pilasters and a classical cornice. Rankin, Kellogg and Crane designed it as an administrative and warehousing facility for the Marine Corps, and later warehouse additions were built around it, the largest in 1917. The Activity began in 1798 as a canvas tent supply depot and was assigned clothing manufacture in 1804. During the First World War it outfitted 36 expeditionary units, and during the Second World War more than 6,000 employees made uniforms, tentage and metal goods there. It received five Army-Navy \"E\" awards for production efficiency. From 1967 it served as the Marine Corps' single inventory control point for its supply system. The complex is significant for these military supply and production roles.","period_of_significance":"1904-1967","architect_builder":"Rankin, Kellogg and Crane (architects)","architectural_style":"Greek-style classical","criteria":[],"status_note":"Continuously used by the Marine Corps since 1904; Building J is recorded as demolished.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.114631-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/75001662.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001662/a55f2fc543-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001662/a55f2fc543-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Club.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marine_Club.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997518","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_Supply_Activity","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6764116"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/marine-corps-supply-activity-75001662/"}