Manti National Guard Armory | |
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| Location | 50 E. One Hundred N, Manti, Utah |
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| Coordinates | 39°16′00″N111°38′08″W / 39.26667°N 111.63556°W Coordinates: 39°16′00″N111°38′08″W / 39.26667°N 111.63556°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
| Built | 1936-38 |
| Built by | Works Progress Administration |
| Architect | Niels P. Larsen |
| Architectural style | Moderne |
| MPS | Public Works Buildings TR |
| NRHP reference # | 86000744 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 9, 1986 |
The Manti National Guard Armory, at 50 E. 100 North in Manti, Utah was built in 1936-38 as a Works Progress Administration project. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
Manti is a city in and the county seat of Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,276 at the 2010 United States Census.
The Works Progress Administration was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers 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 one project, Federal Project Number One, the WPA employed musicians, artists, writers, actors and directors in large arts, drama, media, and literacy projects. The five 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.
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.
It is a two-story PWA Moderne-style, flat-roofed building. [2]
It was designed by Salt Lake City architect Niels P. Larsen, who also designed at least six other armories in Utah. Surviving, as of 1986, were the NRHP-listed Mount Pleasant National Guard Armory and ones in Nephi, Fillmore, and Spanish Fork (the latter was NRHP-listed in 1986, but was delisted in 1996, [1] presumably after being demolished); ones in Logan and Cedar City had been demolished. [3]
Niels P. Larsen was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
The Mount Pleasant National Guard Armory, at 10 N. State in Mount Pleasant, Utah, was built in 1936-37 as a Works Progress Administration project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It is, in 2019, the Mount Pleasant Recreation Center.
Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem metropolitan area. The population was 5,389 at the 2010 census and an estimated 6,111 in 2018. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851 as "Salt Creek", and it acquired its current name in 1882. It is the principal city in the Juab Valley, an agricultural area. Nephi was named after Nephi, son of Lehi, from the Book of Mormon.
