Mount Pleasant Armory

Mount Pleasant Armory

Former location of the armory, October 2014
Location Eagle and Spring Sts., Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°8′26″N 78°57′43″W / 40.14056°N 78.96194°W / 40.14056; -78.96194Coordinates: 40°8′26″N 78°57′43″W / 40.14056°N 78.96194°W / 40.14056; -78.96194
Area 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built 1906
Architect Wilkins, W.G. Co.; Hurst, Frank H.
Architectural style Romanesque
Demolished 1996
MPS Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP Reference # 89002079[1]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1989

Mount Pleasant Armory was a historic National Guard armory located at Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by W.G. Wilkins Co.. It was built in 1906, and was a two-story, "T"-shaped brick building executed in the Romanesque style. It had a flat roof over the administrative section and a gambrel roof over the drill hall.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] The armory was demolished in 1996.

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: Mount Pleasant Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.


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