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Mount Pleasant Armory

Coordinates: 40°8′26″N 78°57′43″W / 40.14056°N 78.96194°W / 40.14056; -78.96194
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Mount Pleasant Armory
Former location of the armory, October 2014
Mount Pleasant Armory is located in Pennsylvania
Mount Pleasant Armory
Mount Pleasant Armory is located in the United States
Mount Pleasant Armory
LocationEagle and Spring Sts., Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°8′26″N 78°57′43″W / 40.14056°N 78.96194°W / 40.14056; -78.96194
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectWilkins, W.G. Co.; Hurst, Frank H.
Architectural styleRomanesque
Demolished1996
MPSPennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP reference No.89002079[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1989

The Mount Pleasant Armory was an historic National Guard armory that was located in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989,[1] it was demolished in 1996.

History and architectural features

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Designed by W.G. Wilkins Co., this historic structure was built in 1906, and was a two-story, T-shaped brick building that was 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

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-06-10. Note: This includes Kristine M. Wilson (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Pleasant Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-10.