Gettysburg Armory

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Gettysburg Armory

| nrhp_type =

| image = Gettysburg Armory PA2.jpg

| caption = Gettysburg Armory, 2012

| location= 315 West Confederate Avenue, Seminary Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

| coordinates = {{coord|39|49|37|N|77|14|38|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Pennsylvania#USA

| built = January 10-August 26, 1938

| architect = John B. Hamme

| architecture = Art Deco

| added = {{dts|1990|4|18}}

| area = {{convert|3.9|acre}}

| governing_body =

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64500536|title=PA National Guard Armories}}

| refnum = 90000422{{NRISref|version=2009a}}

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The Gettysburg Armory is a former National Guard armory which is located in Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.

History and architectural features

The 61x96 ft (44 ft high) Art Deco facility was constructed as a $43,331 Works Projects Administration project{{Cite news |date=August 20, 1938 |title=Gettysburg Armory, New Home of N. G. Unit, Will Be Finished August 26 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qoklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1300,1336801&dq=sherfy+gettysburg&hl=en1936 |format=Google News Archives |newspaper=The Star and Sentinel |accessdate=2011-01-26}} for the local National Guard unit (commanded by Lt Ralph C. Deitrick in 1933).[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6508,4537025&dq=pfeiffer-estate+gettysburg&hl=en]{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = 2011-12-15| archive-date = 2007-07-21| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070721014609/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url = {{NRHP-PA|H096480_01H.pdf}}| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gettysburg Armory| accessdate = 2011-12-08| author = Kristine M. Wilson| format = PDF| date= August 1989}}

The two-story building housed a garage and repair shop for military vehicles, a classroom, administrative space, and a drill hall.{{cite news|title=Building of $48,000 Armory to Start Jan. 10|publisher=Gettysburg Star and Sentinel|date=Jan 1, 1938}}

From the beginning, the Armory was used not only by the National Guard, but also by the local community, for sporting events and community meetings.{{cite news|title=$40,000 Armory to Be Built on Confederate Avenue; Civic Center|publisher=Gettysburg Compiler|date=May 15, 1937}} In 1944, the Gettysburg Armory was used as a temporary German Prisoner of War camp while the official camp was being constructed on the Gettysburg Battlefield.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=June 29, 1995 |title=Out of the Past: 50 Years Ago |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cxAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2085,3181343&dq=camp-sharpe |format=Google News Archive |publisher=Gettysburg Times |accessdate=2010-02-01}} Later the building was designated as a public fallout shelter by the National Fallout Shelter Survey.

In 2010, the building was vacated by Battery B, 1/108th Field Artillery after a new readiness center was constructed in South Mountain.{{Cite news |last=Barnes III |first=Roscoe |date=January 26, 2010 |title=Gettysburg artillery company getting new home in South Mountain |url=http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/13806903-1.html |location=Chambersburg, Pennsylvania |publisher=Public Opinion |accessdate=2011-01-22}} In 2013, the Armory was transferred to the private sector by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.{{cite web|title=A new future for Gettysburg's Armory|url=http://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/a-new-future-for-gettysburgs-armory/|accessdate=8 October 2014|date=2014-04-03}}

Gettysburg Armory

History and architectural features

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