Built 1938 Opened 1938 Architectural style Streamline Moderne | NRHP Reference # 91001702 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 14 November 1991 | |
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Location 5350 Ogontz Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania MPS Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS Similar Citizens Bank Park, Tower Theater, Liacouras Center, Mütter Museum, National Museum of American | ||
Special Troops Armory, also known as Philadelphia Armory, is a historic National Guard armory located in the Ogontz neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1938, and is an "I"-plan, brick building in the Moderne style. It consists of a two-story front section, two-story drill hall, and one-story rear section. The front section is seven bays wide, with the center five bays slightly projecting.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.
As of 2014, it has been purchased by La Salle University
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