Blairsville Armory

Blairsville Armory
Location 119 N. Walnut St., Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°25′55″N 79°15′54″W / 40.43194°N 79.26500°W / 40.43194; -79.26500Coordinates: 40°25′55″N 79°15′54″W / 40.43194°N 79.26500°W / 40.43194; -79.26500
Area 0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built 1909
Architect Wilkins,W.G. & Co.; Et al.
Architectural style Romanesque
MPS Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP Reference # 89002069[1]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1989

Blairsville Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Pittsburgh architects W.G. Wilkins & Co.. It was built in 1909, and is a "T"-shaped, two-story, three-bays wide and nine-bays deep, castle-like building in the Romanesque Revival style. The front section is the flat-roofed administration building, with a gable roofed drill hall behind. It front facade features a central arched entrance with a five-sided, two-story bay window on the right side.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Kristine M. Wilson (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Blairsville Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-07.


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