Coraopolis Armory

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Coraopolis Armory
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Location835 5th Avenue, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°31′10.03″N80°10′7.82″W / 40.5194528°N 80.1688389°W / 40.5194528; -80.1688389
Built1938
Architect Thomas Roy Hinckley
Architectural style Moderne
NRHP reference No. 91001695 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1991

Coraopolis Armory is an armory located at 835 5th Avenue in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1938, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1991. [1]

The Pennsylvania National Guard took custody of the building on December 10, 1938. The previous armory was floated down the Ohio and Monongahela Rivers. [2] [3]

It houses the Headquarters Company, 28th Signal Battalion, Pennsylvania National Guard Army Reserve. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Coraopolis Armory Formally Accepted". Monongahela, Pennsylvania. The Daily Herald. December 10, 1938. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  3. Kristine Wilson and Joseph Burke, III (August 1990). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Coraopolis Armory. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  4. "Coraopolis Armory". Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2013.