Corry Armory

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Corry Armory
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Location205 E. Washington St., Corry, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°55′22″N79°38′21″W / 41.92278°N 79.63917°W / 41.92278; -79.63917
Area0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built1906
Built byThomas, G.,& Sons
ArchitectMount, A.P.,& Son
Architectural styleRomanesque
MPS Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP reference No. 91000509 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 1991

Corry Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at Corry, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1906, and is a T-shaped brick building in the Romanesque style. It consists of a three-story, flat roofed administration building, with an attached two-story, gambrel roofed drill hall. It sits on a stone foundation and features brick buttresses with corbeled cornices, slightly raised parapets, and entrance with segmented stone arch. [2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. [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". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-08-12.Note: This includes Joseph Burke, III; Kristine M. Wilson (June 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Corry Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-08-12.