Blairsville Armory

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Blairsville Armory
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Location119 N. Walnut St., Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°25′55″N79°15′54″W / 40.43194°N 79.26500°W / 40.43194; -79.26500 Coordinates: 40°25′55″N79°15′54″W / 40.43194°N 79.26500°W / 40.43194; -79.26500
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1909
Architect Wilkins, W.G. & Co.; Et al.
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP reference No. 89002069 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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" (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.