{"nrhp_refnum":"91000903","name":"Butler Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"216 N. Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Butler","county":"Butler County","state":"PA","lat":40.86304187600007,"lon":-79.89700461999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Art Deco brick administration section built in 1930 in front of a one-story brick drill hall built in 1922, forming an armory on a corner lot in the Borough of Butler, Pennsylvania. The drill hall is laid out on a T plan with the administration section.","why_significant":"The armory 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 was built for the 112th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard and is one of at least thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories laid out on a T plan. Its design is attributed to the Pittsburgh firm W. G. Wilkins Company and Joseph F. Kuntz, who designed about eighteen armories in the western third of the state.","narrative":"On a corner lot in Butler, Pennsylvania, the Butler Armory combines a one-story brick drill hall built in 1922 with a two-story brick administration section added to its front in 1930. The front section is in the Art Deco style, with decorative brick panels, stone-coped parapet, and recessed entrances beneath segmental brick arches. The armory was built for the 112th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. Its T-shaped plan, with a drill hall, club room, rifle range, locker room, kitchen, and classrooms, is one of at least thirty-seven such armories in the state. Its design is credited to W. G. Wilkins Company and Joseph F. Kuntz of Pittsburgh, who designed roughly eighteen armories in western Pennsylvania. Listing reflects its association with the state's armory building program and its architectural design. The drill hall's steel Howe trusses support the roof over a 59 by 77 foot space.","period_of_significance":"1922-1939","architect_builder":"Wilkins, W. G. Company (architect); Kuntz, Joseph F. (architect); Schenck, George and Company (builder)","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 17:11:36.279326-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000903.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000903/61b708dc03-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000903/61b708dc03-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"User:Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butler_Armory_front.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butler_Armory_front.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992484","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5002568"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/butler-county/butler-armory-91000903/"}