Columbia National Guard Armory

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Columbia National Guard Armory
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Location 701 E. Ash St., Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates 38°57′14″N92°19′45″W / 38.95389°N 92.32917°W / 38.95389; -92.32917 Coordinates: 38°57′14″N92°19′45″W / 38.95389°N 92.32917°W / 38.95389; -92.32917
Area less than one acre
Built 1940 (1940)
Architect Deering, Robert B.; Clark, Dave (WPA)
Architectural style Art Deco
NRHP reference # 93000197 [1]
Added to NRHP March 25, 1993

The National Guard Armory is a historic National Guard Armory located at Columbia, Missouri. It was built about 1940, as a Works Progress Administration project. The rectangular, reinforced concrete, Art Deco building sits on the north side of downtown Columbia. [2] Today the building is owned by the city and used as a youth recreation center.

National Guard Armory Wikipedia disambiguation page

A National Guard Armory, National Guard Armory Building, or National Guard Readiness Center is any one of numerous buildings of the U.S. National Guard where a unit trains, meets, and parades. A readiness center supports the training, administration, and logistics of National Guard units by providing assembly space, classrooms, weapons and protective personal equipment storage, and training space. Readiness centers can also be utilized as communal assembly areas, utilized by local organizations and governments.

Columbia, Missouri College town in the U.S state of Missouri

Columbia is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the county seat of Boone County and home to the University of Missouri. Founded in 1821, it is the principal city of the five-county Columbia metropolitan area. It is Missouri's fourth most-populous and fastest growing city, with an estimated 121,717 residents in 2017.

Works Progress Administration largest and most ambitious United States federal government New Deal agency

The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. It was established on May 6, 1935, by Executive Order 7034. In a much smaller project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. The four projects dedicated to these were: the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP), the Historical Records Survey (HRS), the Federal Theatre Project (FTP), the Federal Music Project (FMP), and the Federal Art Project (FAP). In the Historical Records Survey, for instance, many former slaves in the South were interviewed; these documents are of great importance for American history. Theater and music groups toured throughout America, and gave more than 225,000 performances. Archaeological investigations under the WPA were influential in the rediscovery of pre-Columbian Native American cultures, and the development of professional archaeology in the US.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. Robert P. Wiegers and Steven E. Mitchell (February 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Columbia National Guard Armory" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.