{"nrhp_refnum":"91000904","name":"Stewart, Gen. Thomas J., Memorial Armory","other_names":["Norristown Armory"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"340 Harding Blvd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Norristown","county":"Montgomery County","state":"PA","lat":40.12467693200006,"lon":-75.34443550899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-07-12","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A yellow brick Classical Revival armory on a sloping lot in the Borough of Norristown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, laid out on a T plan with a two-story front administrative section and a larger two-story rear drill hall. It was built in 1928 for the Norris City Rifles of the Pennsylvania National Guard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues 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 is presented as one of at least thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories built on a T plan, and it retains very good integrity. Its architect, Philip H. Johnson of Philadelphia, had designed at least five armories in southeastern Pennsylvania between 1909 and 1916.","narrative":"Built in 1928 in Norristown, the General Thomas J. Stewart Memorial Armory is a yellow brick Classical Revival building on a sloping lot. Its plan is T-shaped, with a two-story front administrative section joined to a larger two-story rear drill hall. The front elevation has a decorative first-story stone arch framing a glass double door, a stepped parapet, and a stone belt course inscribed with the armory's name. The drill hall has brick walls, a wood floor, and steel I-beam roof supports, and measures 87 by 57 feet. Philip H. Johnson of Philadelphia designed the building, and Frank R. Herong built it. The armory was constructed for the Norris City Rifles of the Pennsylvania National Guard. It is significant as one of at least thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories laid out on a T plan, and it is typical of the state's armory type. Changes have been minor, mainly the enclosing of the drill hall balcony.","period_of_significance":"1927-1939","architect_builder":"Philip H. Johnson (architect); Frank R. Herong (builder)","architectural_style":"Classical 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 17:11:37.66512-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91000904.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000904/51f14c4dc2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91000904/51f14c4dc2-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armory_Norristown_Montco_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armory_Norristown_Montco_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993400","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen._Thomas_J._Stewart_Memorial_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5530827"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/montgomery-county/stewart-gen-thomas-j-memorial-armory-91000904/"}