{"nrhp_refnum":"80003451","name":"Grand Army of the Republic Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"132 Park Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnstown","county":"Cambria County","state":"PA","lat":40.32617167800004,"lon":-78.91847374299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick hall with a flat roof at Park Place in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, built as a meeting hall for the Emery Fisher Post 30 of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was completed in 1892 and dedicated in 1893.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant for its association with Civil War veterans and the Grand Army of the Republic, which held meetings, civic events and a museum-like collection of military artifacts there. Its exterior military-style features, including cannon and crossed-sword insets and bastion-like corner, are presented as reflecting that association. Its role as a community gathering place and its survival through the 1965 fire and later restoration are also cited.","narrative":"Built in 1893 by Emery Fisher Post 30 of the Grand Army of the Republic, this three-story brick hall stands on Park Place in Johnstown. Its front facade has heavy cut-stone arches with keystones bearing the post name and construction date, carved stone insets of a cannon and crossed swords, and a bastion-like brick corner. The building served as a meeting hall for the veterans and for other patriotic and fraternal groups, and it housed a collection of Civil War relics, uniforms, flags and books that was open to the public for research and visits. Post members and Johnstown civic leaders used its lodge rooms for meetings, banquets and Memorial Day observances that involved the whole city. A fire in 1965 damaged the interior, and local residents helped restore it. The property is valued for its connection to the Civil War veterans who shaped the community after the war and for its architecture, which recalls military design. Later it was converted to professional offices while keeping its exterior character.","period_of_significance":"1893-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Restored exterior and interior adapted to professional offices; the document states the present owners restored the exterior to its 1893 appearance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:34.072304-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003451/b3fa76f7c4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003451/b3fa76f7c4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall_(Johnstown,_Pennsylvania)_Corner.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Generic1139</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall_(Johnstown,_Pennsylvania)_Corner.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"92000941","name":"Downtown Johnstown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/downtown-johnstown-historic-district-92000941/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995996","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Hall_(Johnstown,_Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15222008"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cambria-county/grand-army-of-the-republic-hall-80003451/"}