The Lancaster Armory, also known as the Brigadier General Charles P. Stahr Armory, is an historic National Guard armory that is located in Lancaster,

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Lancaster County (; Pennsylvania Dutch: Lengeschder Kaundi), sometimes nicknamed the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in the south central part of Pennsylvania. ...

. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1991.

History and architectural features

This historic structure is a "T"-shaped brick building consisting of a three-story administration building that was erected in 1937, with a one-and-one-half-story drill hall that was built in 1928 and executed in the Colonial Revival style. It measures approximately ninety feet by two hundred feet. ''Note:'' This includes This building, which once played host to the

Lancaster Red Roses The Lancaster Red Roses baseball team, originally known as the Maroons, changed its name at the start of the 1906 season during a bitter match with the York, Pennsylvania-based White Roses. Some sources indicate that the rival teams were named fo ...

, was

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in 1982.The Rock Hill Herald - Apr 23, 1982, "Man Charged in Lancaster Armory Fire."
/ref> Used as a public venue under the name The Stahr Center, it was renovated in 2018 and now houses Decades, a boutique bowling alley and retro-arcade. It was added to the

in 1991.

References

{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Colonial Revival architecture in Pennsylvania Government buildings completed in 1937 Buildings and structures in Lancaster, Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Lancaster, Pennsylvania