{"nrhp_refnum":"91001701","name":"Pottsville Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"502 N. Centre St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pottsville","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.691313351000076,"lon":-76.19806590699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1991-11-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Military"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick armory building in the Borough of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, constructed in 1913 on a T plan with a two-story administrative section and a one-and-one-half-story drill hall. It was built for Company H, 8th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is significant under criteria A and C at the statewide level, for its role in serving the Pennsylvania National Guard for storage, meeting and training, and as a distinctive armory building type. It is described as one of thirty-seven Pennsylvania armories with a T plan, and its design is attributed to McCormick and French of Wilkes-Barre.","narrative":"Built in 1913 in Pottsville, this brick armory was designed by McCormick and French of Wilkes-Barre and constructed by Wertley, Walter, Sons for Company H, 8th Infantry of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The building combines Romanesque and Late Gothic Revival details. Its front administrative section is two stories high, with a three-story central tower, battlements, brick turrets and stone coping. Behind it stands a drill hall with a steel Warren-truss arched roof, measuring about 60 by 80 feet, which is overlooked by a second-floor balcony. The basement holds vehicle storage, a boiler room and a kitchen. The armory is significant for its association with Pennsylvania's military history, as a place where the National Guard stored equipment, met and trained. It is also considered a distinctive example of the armory building type. Much of the original woodwork, doors and windows survives, and the building is regarded as having very good integrity.","period_of_significance":"1913-1940","architect_builder":"McCormick and French (architect); Wertley, Walter, Sons (builder)","architectural_style":"Romanesque; Late Gothic 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 17:11:37.579611-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91001701.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001701/52074d490d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91001701/52074d490d-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pottsville_Armory_SkooCo_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:Pottsville_Armory_SkooCo_PA.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71993834","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pottsville_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7235410"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/pottsville-armory-91001701/"}