Coraopolis Armory

Coraopolis Armory
Location835 5th Avenue, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°31′10.03″N 80°10′7.82″W / 40.5194528°N 80.1688389°W / 40.5194528; -80.1688389
Built1938
ArchitectThomas Roy Hinckley
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.91001695
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1991

Coraopolis Armory is an armory designed by architect Thomas Roy Hinckley[1] and located at 835 5th Avenue in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1938, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 14, 1991.[2]

The Pennsylvania National Guard took custody of the building on December 10, 1938. The previous armory was floated down the Ohio and Monongahela Rivers.[3][4]

It houses the Headquarters Company, 28th Signal Battalion, Pennsylvania National Guard Army Reserve.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Coraopolis Armory". National Park Service. Retrieved December 15, 2025.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "Coraopolis Armory Formally Accepted". Monongahela, Pennsylvania. The Daily Herald. December 10, 1938. Retrieved December 2, 2025.
  4. ^ Kristine Wilson and Joseph Burke, III (August 1990). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Coraopolis Armory. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 7, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  5. ^ "Coraopolis Armory". Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2013.