Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory
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Fort Homer W. Hesterly is a historic building at 522 North Howard Avenue in the West Tampa section of Tampa, Florida. The building and adjacent support structures were originally constructed as a U.S. military facility to house units of both the Florida Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve. The armory was built in the 1930s under Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal and dedicated the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. The National Guard used the armory until 2005. After sixty years of service, and with the facility becoming obsolete for military purposes, Florida National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve officials announced plans to replace the armory on December 1, 2001. A new 216,424-square-foot (20,106.4 m2) joint reserve facility to be built at Gateway Center in Pinellas Park was planned as a replacement of three existing outdated and overcrowded facilities, including Fort Hesterly, the J.F. Campbell National Guard Armory in Clearwater, and the Lovejoy U.S. Army Reserve Center in Tampa. Construction of the new $53.5 million project began in 2002, with the House Appropriations Committee originally allocating $45 million for the project. The new facility, eventually named the C.W. "Bill" Young Armed Forces Reserve Center, opened in February 2005. On October 23, 2013, the armory was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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When was Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory listed on the National Register?
Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 2013.
What type of historic resource is Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory?
Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.
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The period of significance for Fort Homer W. Hesterly National Guard Armory is recorded as the early_republic era.
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