{"nrhp_refnum":"89002073","name":"Erie Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"6th and Parade Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.13250891800004,"lon":-80.07768092199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick armory in Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania, executed in the Colonial Revival style, built in 1920 and extended to the west in 1929. It occupies a corner lot and combines an administration section with a drill hall.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C as a member of the State Armory Building property type in the Pennsylvania National Guard Armories multiple property nomination. It was built for four units of the 112th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Its two-hinged truss roof system over the drill hall is presented as representative of early twentieth century wide-span roof design, giving it engineering significance.","narrative":"Built in 1920 as an armory for four units of the 112th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard, this two-story brick building in Erie was designed in the Colonial Revival style by Joseph F. Kuntz at the W.G. Wilkins company of Pittsburgh. The eastern section was completed in 1920 and the western addition in 1929 more than doubled its size. The building combines an administration section with a drill hall, arranged as a rectangle on a corner lot. Its brick walls have decorative coursing and a crenellated parapet with stone coping. The drill hall is spanned by a two-hinged arch truss system with a steel crescent truss, a wide-span roof design typical of the early twentieth century. Typical interior spaces include a drill hall, kitchen and dining area, locker room, classrooms and offices. The building is important for its military use and for its engineering. Its plan has remained intact, although the drill hall windows were replaced with glass block.","period_of_significance":"1920-1939","architect_builder":"Wilkins, W.G. and Company; Prahl Construction Company; Joseph F. Kuntz (architect)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Integrity is described as good; glass block replaced original drill hall windows and some interior walls and ceilings were altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.06856-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89002073.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002073/86586f1c29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002073/86586f1c29-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Emilyann1012","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie,_PA_National_Guard_Armory_Building.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Emilyann1012</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:Erie,_PA_National_Guard_Armory_Building.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992900","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5388269"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/erie-armory-89002073/"}