{"nrhp_refnum":"89002081","name":"Scranton Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 Adams Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Scranton","county":"Lackawanna County","state":"PA","lat":41.41525491400006,"lon":-75.65234829899998,"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 four-story brick and stone armory building in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, with a T-shaped plan and Romanesque styling that resembles a medieval castle. It occupies a sloping corner lot in the city.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C at the statewide level as a member of the State Armory Building type in the Pennsylvania National Guard Armories multiple property nomination. It was built by the 13th Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard in 1900 and is described as one of 37 armories in Pennsylvania with a T plan and one of the largest in the state. It also served community events such as boxing matches and flea markets.","narrative":"Built in 1900 by the 13th Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, the Scranton Armory is a four-story brick and stone building on a sloping corner lot in Scranton. Its Romanesque design gives it the look of a medieval castle, with a central stone Roman arch entrance flanked by towers and crenellated parapets with machicolation-like openings. The building has a T-shaped plan, with a drill hall under an arched monitor roof behind the administration section. The state armory board bought it in 1906 for $90,000. It is counted among 37 Pennsylvania armories with a T plan and is one of the largest in the state. Its rooms included a drill hall, classrooms, offices, locker rooms and storage. The building also hosted community events, including boxing matches and flea markets. Its interior retains pressed leather wainscoting, molded plaster cornice scenes and heavy dark painted woodwork. Its listing rests on its military role and its architecture, with the record describing its integrity as very good.","period_of_significance":"1900-1939","architect_builder":"Holden, Lansing C.","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 17:11:37.568055-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/89002081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002081/6227457174-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002081/6227457174-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scranton_PA_Armory.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scranton_PA_Armory.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993121","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scranton_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7438737"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lackawanna-county/scranton-armory-89002081/"}