Lancaster Armory
Lancaster Armory | |
Location | 438 N. Queen St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°2′41″N 76°18′28″W / 40.04472°N 76.30778°WCoordinates: 40°2′41″N 76°18′28″W / 40.04472°N 76.30778°W |
Area | 0.6 acres (0.24 ha) |
Built | 1928, 1937 |
Architect | Johnson, Philip H. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 91001699[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 14, 1991 |
Lancaster Armory, also known as Brigadier General Charles P. Stahr Armory, is a historic National Guard armory located at Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It is a "T"-shaped brick building consisting of a 3-story administration building built in 1937, with a 1 1/2-story drill hall built in 1928, executed in the Colonial Revival style. It measures approximately 90 feet by 200 feet.[2] The building was firebombed in 1982.[3] The building once played host to the Lancaster Red Roses. It was used as a public venue under the name The Stahr Center. Is currently the home of decades restaurant bar and arcade.[4] In 2018 it was renovated and now houses Decades, a boutique bowling alley and retro-arcade.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Kristine M. Wilson and Joseph Burke, III (August 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lancaster Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.
- ^ The Rock Hill Herald - Apr 23, 1982, "Man Charged in Lancaster Armory Fire."
- ^ The Stahr Center website Archived 2012-08-04 at archive.today
- Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania
- Government buildings completed in 1937
- Buildings and structures in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs