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Hampton National Guard Armory

Hampton National Guard Armory

United States historic place


The Hampton National Guard Armory is a history military facility at 504 North King Street in Hampton, Virginia. A large brick building with Moderne styling, it was built in 1936 with funding support from the New Deal-era Works Progress Administration, and is one of the few surviving armories built in the inter-war period in coastal Virginia. It originally housed Battery D of the 111th Field Artillery, and was used as a community meeting space for dances and other social events.[2]

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Hampton National Guard Armory" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-03.



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