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Bethlehem Armory

Coordinates: 40°37′9″N 75°23′16″W / 40.61917°N 75.38778°W / 40.61917; -75.38778
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Bethlehem Armory
Bethlehem Armory, October 2012
Bethlehem Armory is located in Pennsylvania
Bethlehem Armory
Bethlehem Armory is located in the United States
Bethlehem Armory
Location301 Prospect St., Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°37′9″N 75°23′16″W / 40.61917°N 75.38778°W / 40.61917; -75.38778
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1930
ArchitectLovelace & Spillman; Yundt, George E.
Architectural styleArt Deco
MPSPennsylvania National Guard Armories MPS
NRHP reference No.91001693[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1991

Bethlehem Armory also known as Floyd Simons Armory, is a historic National Guard armory located in Bethlehem in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1930, and is an "I"-plan brick building in three sections. It consists of a two-story administration building, drill hall, and kitchen / locker room executed in the Art Deco style. It measures 82 by 102 feet (25 by 31 m), and has a hipped roof. Additions were built in 1938 and 1968.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2005-09-14. Retrieved 2012-03-04. Note: This includes Kristine M. Wilson and Jopseph Burke, III (July 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethlehem Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-04.