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The Media Armory on State St. about 1910 right after it was built. Today it is Trader Joes and Penna. Veterans Museum. |
1908– Chester Times
NEW ARMORY FOR COMPANY H., N. G. P., IN COURSE OF ERECTION
AT MEDIA
The
Times today presents to its readers a good picture of the new Armory in the
borough of Media, as it will be when completed, the future home of Company H.
N. G. P. This new structure which is in
the course of erection, is located at the corner of State and Church Streets,
in one of the most prominent points in the borough for a building of this kind. The good citizens of Media who interested
themselves in raising the $5,000 necessary to secure the Stat appropriation for
this purpose are being congratulated on all sides. The building will be a credit to the town
when completed, which will be in the near future. If nothing unforeseen happens the Medial soldier
boys should be comfortably ensconced in their new home before the snow falls.
Major
Frank G. Perrin was one of the active spirits in bringing the new armory to the
borough, and he is doing all in his power to give to the soldier boys whom he
formerly commanded one of the coziest homes in the State. The Media company has the distinction of
having the addition to Major Perrin, Charles Lawton, who is Battalion Sergeant
Major. The officers of the company
are: Captain Walter R. Johns; First
Lieutenant, William Westcott; Second Lieutenant, Robert F. Engle.
The
officers and men are hard at work at present to make a good showing at the
coming annual encampment. It will be no
fault of Captain Johns if the company does not receive a high rating on
inspection.
An
excellent account of the armory is published in a current issue of “Our State
Army and Navy.” The following is the
description of the building”
The
structure is being built of local stone, and the purpose of the building is at
once expressed by its heavily buttressed walls and low flanking towers. The walls are surmounted by broken
battlements of stone.
The
building when complete will provide ample quarters for the officers and men,
with a Drill Hall at the rear, open for the entire height of the structure. This
hall will have between walls a clear space of ninety by sixty feet.
The
basement, which will extend under the entire Armory, will provide for
ammunition vaults and camp storage for the Company. Here also will be placed the kitchen, toilet
room and heating plant.
The
space under the Drill Hall will at some future date be fitted up for a modern
rifle range, with space reserved for bowling alleys, etc.
Upon
entering the building one passes through the Sally Porte directly into the
Drill Room. Opening upon this corridor
and adjacent to the Drill Room, is the locker room, which will provide lockers
and accommodations for sixty men. The
lockers installed here will be of pressed steel pattern with arrangement for
ventilating.
At the
front of the building on the right, will be placed the officers’ quarters,
while o the left-hand side will be the company library or reading room.
On the
second floor will be located the quarters for the quartermaster and first and
second sergeant. Next to these and
extending across nearly the entire front of the building will be placed the
Company Room.
At the
end of the Drill Hall at the second floor level will extend a spectator’s
balcony running the full width of the Drill Hall. As this will be directly hung from the
trusses above, no inconvenience at the drill floor level will result from
supports underneath.
The
building will be finished with all modern improvements and will be heated with
steam and lighted with electricity and gas. The
interior finish will be of hard wood.
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