{"nrhp_refnum":"89002079","name":"Mount Pleasant Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Eagle and Spring Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mount Pleasant","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.14064625900005,"lon":-78.96170839899997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story, brick Romanesque armory building in the Borough of Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, with a T-plan layout set about 100 feet back from the street. It was built for Company E, 10th Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C as a member of the State Armory Building type in Pennsylvania National Guard armories. It is described as one of three armories completed the year after the State Armory Board was created in 1905, and one of at least 37 Pennsylvania armories with a T plan. The building is also said to have served as a community event center before the local high school was built.","narrative":"Built in 1906 in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, the two-story brick armory was designed by the W.G. Wilkins Company of Pittsburgh under the direction of Joseph F. Kuntz, who designed at least 18 western Pennsylvania armories after 1905. Its Romanesque style shows in running bond brick walls, a rough-faced coursed stone foundation, and parapets that were originally crenellated. The building has a T plan, with a flat-roofed administration section and a gambrel-roofed drill hall. It was built for Company E, 10th Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and contains a drill hall, offices, a classroom, a locker room, and a rifle range. It is one of three armories completed the year after the State Armory Board was created in 1905 and one of at least 37 Pennsylvania armories with a T plan. The building also hosted community events before the local high school was constructed. Its significance rests on its role in the state armory program and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1906-1939","architect_builder":"Wilkins, W.G. Company (designed under the direction of Joseph F. Kuntz); Hurst, Frank H.","architectural_style":"Romanesque","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.660963-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89002079.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002079/7de874e0fb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002079/7de874e0fb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Pleasant_Armory_Lot.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:Mount_Pleasant_Armory_Lot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994079","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6922892"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/mount-pleasant-armory-89002079/"}