{"nrhp_refnum":"91000520","name":"Washington Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"76 W. Maiden St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Washington","county":"Washington County","state":"PA","lat":40.16789685500004,"lon":-80.24114818899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Colonial Revival armory building on a narrow lot in the Borough of Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, laid out on a T plan with a two-story administrative section and a larger drill hall section to the rear. It was constructed in 1915.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under criteria A and C as a member of the State Armory Building property type in the Pennsylvania National Guard Armories multiple property nomination. It is one of at least thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories laid out on a T plan. The form also describes the building as having very good integrity.","narrative":"Brick armory in the Borough of Washington, built in 1915 for Company H, 10th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Designed by the W.G. Wilkins Company of Pittsburgh in the Colonial Revival style, the building sits on a narrow lot and follows a T plan, with a two-story front administrative section joined to a larger, slightly sunken rear drill hall. A projecting center entrance bay with a stone-framed doorway and shallow arch marks the main facade, while the drill hall's sides are divided by brick buttresses into panels of paired six-over-six windows. Its interior drill hall has a wood floor and a ceiling carried on trussed rib arches. The building is significant as one of at least thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories laid out on a T plan, reflecting the state's organization of its National Guard armory building type. It was abandoned by the Commonwealth around 1968, leased to the Washington School District from 1970 to 1988, and returned to military use in 1989.","period_of_significance":"1915-1939","architect_builder":"W.G. Wilkins Company of Pittsburgh (architect); W.M.T. Blair and Son (builder)","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Abandoned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania circa 1968, leased to the Washington School District from 1970 to 1988, and a National Guard unit was restationed there in April 1989; asbestos roof shingles were replaced with asphalt shingles.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.983883-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000520.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000520/c67dd02db1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000520/c67dd02db1-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Lee Paxton","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WashingtonArmoryPA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lee Paxton</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:WashingtonArmoryPA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100005206","name":"Washington Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/washington-commercial-historic-district-100005206/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993989","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7971660"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/washington-county/washington-armory-91000520/"}