{"nrhp_refnum":"90000421","name":"York Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"369 N. George St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"York","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.96864192800007,"lon":-76.73029959699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-04-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick armory building on a flat corner lot along Codorus Creek in the City of York, Pennsylvania, with its drill hall on the second floor above the administration section. It was built in 1913 for Companies A and K, 8th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard.","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 property type in the Pennsylvania National Guard Armories multiple property nomination. It states that it is one of 7 armories in Pennsylvania with the drill hall above the administration section. Its designers, McCormick and French of Wilkes-Barre, began designing armories in central Pennsylvania just after the State Armory Board was created in 1905.","narrative":"Built in 1913 by the architects McCormick and French of Wilkes-Barre, this two-story brick armory stands on a flat corner lot beside Codorus Creek in York. Its Late Gothic Revival design includes a drill hall on the second floor above the administration section, with first-floor brickwork laid to suggest rustication and a central stone-faced Tudor arch framing the entrance. The building was constructed for Companies A and K of the 8th Infantry, Pennsylvania National Guard. It is one of seven armories in Pennsylvania with its drill hall placed above the administration section, and it is significant for its military use and for its design. Designed shortly after the State Armory Board was created in 1905, it reflects the state's program of armory construction in the early twentieth century. Its interior retains plaster walls, wood floors, and an open drill hall ceiling with exposed trusses. Its integrity is described as very good, with the plan largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1913-1939","architect_builder":"McCormick & French","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Organizational Maintenance Shop from the 1950s added behind the main building and part of continuous military use; original wood entry doors replaced with solid metal doors.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.636442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/90000421.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000421/7477742971-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000421/7477742971-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Photoing Dragon","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_-_York_Armory_-_20190904171932.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photoing Dragon</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pennsylvania_-_York_Armory_-_20190904171932.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994115","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/York_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8055360"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/york-armory-90000421/"}