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The Ford City Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at 301 Tenth Street in Ford City, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by architect Joseph F. Kuntz. It was built in 1930.[1] It is a work of builder Clyde Hatten.[2]

It is a one-story, "T"-plan building in Moderne style. It is 10 bays by 9 bays, sits on a cement foundation, and has a hipped roof.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

The building was sold in 1996. It now hosts the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum.[4]

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  2. Clyde Hatten is credited as an architect, builder or engineer in the National Register Information System (NRIS) and in the National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination for this site. The fact that Hatten was a builder (rather than an engineer or architect) is suggested by this webpage of the Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum.
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp.  Note: This includes Kristine M. Wilson (August 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ford City Armory" (PDF). http://www.dot7.state.pa.us/CRGIS_Attachments/SiteResource/H096453_01H.pdf. Retrieved 2012-08-22. 
  4. "Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum". http://www.pngmilitarymuseum.org/history/pa_armories/ford_city.html. 
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