{"nrhp_refnum":"90000422","name":"Gettysburg Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"315 W. Confederate Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gettysburg","county":"Adams County","state":"PA","lat":39.82713450000006,"lon":-77.24366572099996,"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 one-story brick Art Deco drill hall and armory building in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, on a sloping site at the edge of the borough near the Gettysburg Battlefield. It was built in 1938 for Company E of the 103rd Quartermaster Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C for its role in military use and as an example of a 1938 Pennsylvania National Guard armory design. It is one of 17 armories built in Pennsylvania in 1938, most funded by the federal Public Works Administration. The building also served as shower facilities for a local prisoner of war camp during World War II.","narrative":"Built in 1938 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Gettysburg Armory is a one-story brick building in the Art Deco style, with flemish bond walls, a concrete foundation and an asphalt-shingled gable roof. Three double-door entrances on the front facade open into the drill hall, which occupies the entire first floor, and the entrances are flanked by fluted pylons. Metal casement windows run along the sides and rear, and the gable ends have vertical strips of glass block. The administration area is in the basement. Architect John B. Hamme of York designed the building for Company E of the 103rd Quartermaster Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. It is one of 17 Pennsylvania armories built in 1938, most funded by the federal Public Works Administration. During World War II it also provided shower facilities for a nearby prisoner of war camp. The building is regarded as having excellent integrity, and the nomination treats it as significant for military use and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1938-1939","architect_builder":"John B. Hamme (architect)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Continued military use; two later buildings added to the site, and a former garage space has been partitioned for a classroom and storage.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:38.010475-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/90000422.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000422/d8a08f4335-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/90000422/d8a08f4335-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gburg_Armory_North.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gburg_Armory_North.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"66000642","name":"Gettysburg National Military Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/gettysburg-national-military-park-66000642/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992106","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5554746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/adams-county/gettysburg-armory-90000422/"}