Bradford Armory, is a historic

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located in

Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...

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, in McKean County. It was listed on the

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on May 9, 1991. It was built in 1912 for Company C, 16th Infantry of the

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. It was purchased by John Schenne, a prominent land owner and engineer at the start of the 2014 summer for $60,000. The yellow brick, building was designed in the

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style.

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{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Infrastructure completed in 1912 Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania National Guard Romanesque Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Buildings and structures in McKean County, Pennsylvania 1912 establishments in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in McKean County, Pennsylvania

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