New York's Historic Armories

New York's Historic Armories
Author: Nancy L. Todd
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2006-09-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 0791480992

Winner of the 2007 Excellence in Historic Preservation Award presented by the Preservation League of New York State Winner of the 2007 Building Typology Award presented by the Metropolitan Chapter of the Victorian Society in America New York's Army National Guard armories are among the most imposing monuments to the role of the citizen soldier in American military history. In New York's Historic Armories, Nancy L. Todd draws on archival research as well as historic and contemporary photographs and drawings to trace the evolution of the armory as a specific building type in American architectural and military history. The result of a ten-year collaboration between the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs, this illustrated history presents information on all known armories in the state as well as the units associated with them, and will serve as a valuable reference for readers interested in general, military, and architectural history. Built to house local units of the state's volunteer militia, armories served as arms storage facilities, clubhouses for the militiamen, and civic monuments symbolizing New York's determination to preserve domestic law and order through military might. Approximately 120 armories were built in New York State from the late eighteenth century to the middle of the twentieth, and most date from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when the National Guard was America's primary domestic peacekeeper during the post–Civil War era of labor-capital unrest. Together, New York's armories chronicle the history of the volunteer militia, from its emergence during the early Republican Era, through its heyday during the Gilded Age as the backbone of the American military system, to its early twentieth-century role as the nation's primary armed reserve force.

Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York

Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: Booksllc.Net
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230797700

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 18th Separate Company Armory, 369th Regiment Armory, Connecticut Street Armory, Corning Armory, Eighth Avenue (14th Brooklyn Regiment) Armory, Fort Washington Avenue Armory, Geneva Armory, Gloversville Armory, Hoosick Falls Armory, Hornell Armory, Jamestown Armory, Kingsbridge Armory, Malone Armory, Medina Armory, New Scotland Avenue (Troop B) Armory, New York State Armory (Newburgh), New York State Armory (Ogdensburg), New York State Armory (Poughkeepsie), Niagara Falls Armory, NYS Armory, Ogdensburg Armory, Olean Armory, Oneida Armory, Oneonta Armory, Oswego Armory, Schenectady Armory, Seventh Regiment Armory, Tonawanda Armory, Utica Armory, Walton Grange 1454-Former Armory, Watervliet Arsenal, Whitehall Armory, White Plains Armory. Excerpt: The Kingsbridge Armory, also known as the Eighth Regiment Armory, is located on West Kingsbridge Road in the New York City borough of The Bronx. It was built in the 1910s, from a design by the firm of then-state architect Lewis Pilcher to house the National Guard's Eighth Coastal Artillery Regiment unit which relocated from Manhattan in 1917. It is possibly the largest armory in the world. In addition to its military function, it has been used over the years for exhibitions, boxing matches, and a film set. After World War II the city offered it to the United Nations as a temporary meeting place. In 1974 it was designated a city landmark, and eight years later it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Its military use ended and it was turned over to city management in 1996. Since then it has remained vacant as various proposals to redevelop it have failed, including one which turned into a flashpoint over living wage policies and ended in a rare defeat for the administration of Mayor Michael Bloomberg. One National Guard unit has continued to use an annex in...

National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1994

National Register of Historic Places, 1966-1994
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 960
Release: 1994
Genre: Historic buildings
ISBN: 9780891332541

Lists buildings, structures, sites, objects, and districts that possess historical significance as defined by the National Register Criteria for Evaluation, in every state.

Armory Square

Armory Square
Author: Robert J. Podfigurny
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780738565088

"Closely following the rise of the railroad industry, the Armory Square district of downtown Syracuse, New York, began to take its current shape in the mid-19th century...today it continues to grow with an expansive downtown renewal." --from back

Jamestown, New York

Jamestown, New York
Author: Peter A. Lombardi
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2014-04-09
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1438449941

New York's small cities are little-known treasure troves of American history. Among them, Jamestown stands out with a memorable and engaging cityscape highlighted by steep hills, brick streets, a remarkably intact city center, and numerous buildings of historical and architectural interest. Peter A. Lombardi's Jamestown, New York chronicles the development of this Southern Tier city's built environment over two-hundred years—from a frontier outpost, to a leading maker of furniture and textiles, to a reenergized postindustrial city. Part one provides a short history of Jamestown, emphasizing the economic and social forces that have influenced the city's architecture and development patterns. Part two includes detailed entries on more than one hundred buildings and sites, with maps to facilitate walking and driving tours. This comprehensive guide to New York's Pearl City illuminates the stories behind the buildings, connecting Jamestown's past and present to the evolution of urban America.