{"nrhp_refnum":"91000514","name":"Ligonier Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"358 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ligonier","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.24704348100005,"lon":-79.24238033999995,"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 Art Deco armory building on a flat corner lot in the Borough of Ligonier, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1938 as a public works project.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C as a member of the State Armory Building property type within the Pennsylvania National Guard Armories multiple property nomination. It was built for Company D, 103rd Medical Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard, and is laid out on a T plan with typical interior spaces such as a drill hall, kitchen, locker room, offices and storage rooms. The nomination describes its integrity as good.","narrative":"Built in 1938 as a federal public works project, the Ligonier Armory is a brick Art Deco building on a flat corner lot in the Borough of Ligonier, Westmoreland County. It was designed by Robert T. Brocker of Greensburg and the Pittsburgh firm Kuhn, Newcomer, and Valentour. The building was laid out on a T plan, with a two-story drill hall at the front and a one-story administrative section at the rear. It was built for Company D, 103rd Medical Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Its main north elevation has a brick portico with three double-door entrances opening into the drill hall, topped with stone coping. Interior spaces include offices, a locker room, kitchen, shower and a drill hall measuring about 60 by 90 feet, with a wood floor and riveted steel Pratt trusses. The armory is significant for its association with state National Guard military use and for its representation of the standard Pennsylvania armory design. Additions in 1962 and 1972 were made to the side elevations, and the building retains good integrity.","period_of_significance":"1938-1939","architect_builder":"Robert T. Brocker of Greensburg; Kuhn, Newcomer, and Valentour of Pittsburgh","architectural_style":"Art Deco","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 17:11:37.905527-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000514.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000514/590585fba9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000514/590585fba9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Generic1139","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ligonier_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:Ligonier_Armory_Lot.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"94001054","name":"Ligonier Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/ligonier-historic-district-94001054/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994075","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligonier_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6546750"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/ligonier-armory-91000514/"}