Pottsville Armory Explained

Pottsville Armory
Location:520 N. Centre St.,
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:40.6911°N -76.1983°W
Built:1913
Architect:McCormick & French; Wertley, Walter & Sons
Architecture:Romanesque, Late Gothic Revival
Added:November 14, 1991
Refnum:91001701

The Pottsville Armory is an historic, American National Guard armory that is located in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

History and architectural features

Built in 1913, this historic structure is a brick, "T"-plan building that consists of a two-story administration building with a one-and-one-half-story, rear drill hall with an arched roof. It was designed in a combined Romanesque Revival/Late Gothic Revival style. The front elevation features a three-story central tower.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

The building is currently used as home to the Schuylkill YMCA. schuylkillymca.org

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H096441_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pottsville Armory ]. 2012-06-02. Kristine M. Wilson and Joseph Burke, III. PDF. July 1990.