Built 1908 Opened 1908 Phone +1 610-566-0788 | NRHP Reference # 89002077 Area 1,600 m² Added to NRHP 22 December 1989 | |
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Location 12 E. State St., Media, Pennsylvania MPS Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS Address 12 E State St, Media, PA 19063, USA Hours Open today · 12–5PMFriday12–5PMSaturday12–5PMSunday12–5PMMondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosedThursday12–5PM Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Rose Tree Park, John J Tyler Arboretum, Hedgerow Theatre, Media Theatre for the Perfor, Delaware County Institute | ||
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The Media Armory, is a historic National Guard armory located in Media, Delaware County, Pennsylvania built in 1908 for Company H of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard.
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History
The original building was designed by William L. Price and M H. McLanahan in 1908. Its includes a basement and two stories above grade. The "structure's intended military use is expressed by its heavily buttressed walls, broken battlements, and low flanking towers," according to a plaque affixed to the building by the Media Borough Council in 1984.
The building was the Armory for Company H of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The company served in Mexican Border Expedition, and re-designated as Company H, 111th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division, in France in World War I, and as Company M, in the South Pacific in World War II.
The entire building was renovated and restored in 2004. The upper level was converted to retail space and is currently occupied by the grocery store chain, Trader Joe's. Solar panels were added on the roof at that time.
Pennsylvania Veterans Museum
The Pennsylvania Veterans Museum opened in 2005 on Veterans Day in the basement level of the building. Exhibits include dioramas of the D-Day invasion and the Korean War, a mini-movie theater, military uniforms, weapons, photographs and oral histories of veterans' experiences.