{"nrhp_refnum":"91000510","name":"East Stroudsburg Armory","other_names":["Captain George M. Kemp Memorial Armory"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"271 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"East Stroudsburg","county":"Monroe County","state":"PA","lat":40.99314228900005,"lon":-75.18509018299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Tudor Revival armory building in the Borough of East Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1928 on a T-plan with a two-story administrative section fronting Washington Street and a one-story drill hall behind it. Also known as the Captain George M. Kemp Memorial Armory.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C as a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard Armories property type. It is one of at least thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories laid out on a T plan, and it retains its original plan and most of its features, including the drill hall, rifle range, kitchen, locker rooms and offices. The building is designed by Thomas H. Atherton of Wilkes-Barre.","narrative":"Built in 1928 in East Stroudsburg, the brick armory was designed by Thomas H. Atherton of Wilkes-Barre and built by Horace H. Hiller. It occupies a flat lot and is laid out on a T plan, with a two-story administrative section facing Washington Street and a one-story drill hall of about 56 by 100 feet behind it. Tudor Revival details appear in the door and window surrounds, and the facade has stone plaques, quoins, a water table and a belt course. Metal casement windows and a roof with bowstring trusses are also notable, though a drop ceiling now hides the trusses. The building is significant as one of at least thirty-seven armories in Pennsylvania built on the T-plan type. Its layout includes a drill hall, rifle range, kitchen, locker rooms, storage and offices, which reflect how the National Guard trained and housed troops. The nomination regards the building as retaining very good integrity despite bricked-up windows and infilled openings on the facade.","period_of_significance":"1928-1939","architect_builder":"Thomas H. Atherton (architect); Horace H. Hiller (builder)","architectural_style":"Tudor Revival","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 17:11:36.804453-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000510.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000510/7cd01b437f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000510/7cd01b437f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EAST_STROUDSBURG_ARMORY,_MONROE_COUNTY,.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</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:EAST_STROUDSBURG_ARMORY,_MONROE_COUNTY,.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993376","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Stroudsburg_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5329441"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/monroe-county/east-stroudsburg-armory-91000510/"}