# Gettysburg Armory

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The **Gettysburg Armory** is a former [National Guard](/source/National_Guard_(United_States)) [armory](/source/Armory_(military)) which is located in [Gettysburg](/source/Gettysburg,_Pennsylvania), [Adams County, Pennsylvania](/source/Adams_County,_Pennsylvania), United States.

It was listed on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Adams_County,_Pennsylvania) in 1990.

## History and architectural features

The 61x96 ft (44 ft high) Art Deco facility was constructed as a $43,331 [Works Projects Administration](/source/Works_Projects_Administration) project[2] for the local National Guard unit (commanded by Lt Ralph C. Deitrick in 1933).[\[1\]](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wHAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SAAGAAAAIBAJ&pg=6508,4537025&dq=pfeiffer-estate+gettysburg&hl=en)[3]

The two-story building housed a garage and repair shop for military vehicles, a classroom, administrative space, and a drill hall.[4]

From the beginning, the Armory was used not only by the National Guard, but also by the local community, for sporting events and community meetings.[5] In 1944, the Gettysburg Armory was used as a temporary German Prisoner of War camp while the [official camp](/source/World_War_II_Prisoner_of_War_Camp,_Gettysburg_Battlefield,_Pennsylvania) was being constructed on the [Gettysburg Battlefield](/source/Gettysburg_Battlefield).[6] Later the building was designated as a public fallout shelter by the National Fallout Shelter Survey.

In 2010, the building was vacated by [Battery B, 1/108th Field Artillery](/source/28th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)#56th_Stryker_Brigade_Combat_Team) after a new readiness center was constructed in South Mountain.[7] In 2013, the Armory was transferred to the private sector by the Pennsylvania General Assembly.[8]

## References

1. ["Gettysburg Armory, New Home of N. G. Unit, Will Be Finished August 26"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qoklAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ufIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1300,1336801&dq=sherfy+gettysburg&hl=en1936) (Google News Archives). *The Star and Sentinel*. August 20, 1938. Retrieved 2011-01-26.

1. Kristine M. Wilson (August 1989). [*National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania MPS Gettysburg Armory*](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992106) (none). National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 7, 2025. ()

1. "Building of $48,000 Armory to Start Jan. 10". Gettysburg Star and Sentinel. Jan 1, 1938.

1. "$40,000 Armory to Be Built on Confederate Avenue; Civic Center". Gettysburg Compiler. May 15, 1937.

1. ["Out of the Past: 50 Years Ago"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cxAmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sP0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2085,3181343&dq=camp-sharpe) (Google News Archive). [Gettysburg Times](/source/Gettysburg_Times). June 29, 1995. Retrieved 2010-02-01.

1. Barnes III, Roscoe (January 26, 2010). ["Gettysburg artillery company getting new home in South Mountain"](http://www.allbusiness.com/company-activities-management/company-structures-ownership/13806903-1.html). [Chambersburg, Pennsylvania](/source/Chambersburg,_Pennsylvania): Public Opinion. Retrieved 2011-01-22.

1. ["A new future for Gettysburg's Armory"](http://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2014/04/03/a-new-future-for-gettysburgs-armory/). 2014-04-03. Retrieved 8 October 2014.

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