Media Armory

Media Armory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Armory in Media, Pennsylvania
Location:	12 E. State St., Media, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	39°55′6″N 75°23′20″W / 39.91833°N 75.38889°W / 39.91833; -75.38889Coordinates: 39°55′6″N 75°23′20″W / 39.91833°N 75.38889°W / 39.91833; -75.38889
Area:	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Built:	1908
Architect:	Price & McLanahan
Architectural style:	Late Gothic Revival
Governing body:	State
MPS:	Pennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP Reference#:	89002077[1]
Added to NRHP:	December 22, 1989

The Media Armory, located in Media, Pennsylvania, is a historical armory built in 1908 for company H of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The building was originally used for training and the storage of arms and ammunition, but has been converted for use into a Trader Joe's grocery store and the Pennsylvania Veterans Museum.^[2] The structure's intended military use is expressed by its heavily buttressed walls, broken battlements, and low flanking towers," according to a 1984 plaque afixed to the building by the Media Borough Council.

Trader Joe's entrance

The company served in Mexican Border Expedition, and re-designated as company H, 111th Infantry, 28th Infantry Division, in France in World War I, and as Company M, in the South Pacific in World War II.

The building was designed by William L. Price and M H. McLanahan. Its construction is of random rubble and includes a basement and two stories. Solar panels, which are barely visible from the street, were added in 2004.^[3]

Pennsylvania Veterans Museum

The Pennsylvania Veterans Museum opened in 2005 on Veterans Day.^[4] " Exhibits include dioramas of the D-Day invasion and the Korean War, a mini-movie theater, military uniforms, weapons, photographs and oral histories of veterans' experiences.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Delaware County, Pennsylvania

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ NRHP Nomination
3. ^ Media Borough
4. ^ About Us webpage. Pennsylvania Veterans Museum website. Retrieved 2010-09-26.

Uniform of Lt. Henry Saultier, who served from 1904-1914 in the 111th Infantry, 6th Regiment, Company H of the Pennsylvania National Guard, which trained in the armory. Now on display at the Pennsylvania Veterans Museum.

External links

• Pennsylvania Veterans Museum - official site
• WHYY Video "Pennsylvania Veterans Museum"