Building type
Martial facades, drill halls, and institutional compounds that give Manhattan's militia history architectural weight.
Armories stand out for their fortress-like facades and large drill halls. Compare the Seventh Regiment, 69th Regiment, and Squadron A buildings to see the range of this distinctive building type.
7 building histories
Armory · 1921-24
2360 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The 369th Regiment Armory occupies the eastern half of the block bounded by West 142nd Street and West 143rd Street at 2360 Fifth Avenue, just off the Harlem River Drive. Like other New York City armories built in the...
Read the storyArmory · 1904-06
68 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
The Sixty-Ninth Regiment Armory occupies much of the block bounded by 25th and 26th Streets and Lexington and Park Avenues. Like all of the armories built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the...
Read the storyArmory · 1807
17 Battery Place, New York, NY
This stone fort, once located offshore at the end of a causeway, is one of the original harbor forts which guarded New York. Its handsome doorway and imposing curved walls are notable architectural features. The walls...
Read the storyArmory · 1900-03
56 West 66th Street, New York, NY
Built in 1900-1903, the First Battery Armory (later the 102nd Medical Battalion Armory) was one of the few remaining examples of an American building type largely developed in New York City. It was the seventh of ten...
Read the storyArmory · 1877-78
643 Park Avenue, New York, NY
The Seventh Regiment Armory is a rare wedding of two conflicting tendencies of Nineteenth Century architecture. A "fortified'* castle on Park Avenue bristling with battlements immediately announces the military...
Read the storyArmory · 1895
Madison Ave & E 94th St, New York, NY
The two brick towers of the Madison Avenue front of the Squadron "A" Armory evoke strong memories of a fortified medieval castle. This last remaining wall with the towers at each corner, executed in military...
Read the storyArmory · 1847-51
830 5th Avenue, New York, NY
The Arsenal in Central Park is a significantly important building both architecturally and historically. Standing proudly and serenely in a slight hollow about one hundred feet west of Fifth Avenue at 64th Street, this...
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