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Olympia Armory

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Moderne, Art Deco

Added to NRHP
  
January 20, 1995

Built
  
1936 (1936)-1937

NRHP Reference #
  
94001571

Olympia Armory

Location
  
511 Granby Ln., Olympia, South Carolina

Olympia Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at Olympia, near Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built in 1936-1937 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The armory is a one-story, rectangular brick building with a barrel-vaulted roof and stepped parapeted end walls. The building displays Art Deco and Moderne design influences. It was used as a school gymnasium.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The Columbia Armory currently houses the headquarters of the South Carolina State Guard.

References

Olympia Armory Wikipedia