Connecticut Street Armory

United States historic place


Connecticut Street Armory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Connecticut Street Armory, view from Prospect Park, May 2014
42°54′14″N 78°53′39″W / 42.90389°N 78.89417°W / 42.90389; -78.89417
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1899
Architect	Perry, Isaac; Lansing, Capt. William
Architectural style	Late Victorian
MPS	Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference No.	94001543^[1]
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1995

Connecticut Street Armory, also known as the 74th Regimental Armory, is a historic National Guard armory building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is sited at Columbus Park. It is a massive castle-like structure built in 1899 of Medina sandstone. It was designed by architect Isaac G. Perry. It consists of a 3+1⁄2-story administration building with an attached 2-story drill shed all constructed of sandstone, lying on a rusticated battered stone foundation. The building features 4- to 6-story towers surrounding the administration building, and a 6+1⁄2-story square tower at the center entrance. It is home to the 74th Regiment of the New York National Guard.^[2] Prior to its construction, the site was home to a 13.5 million gallon reservoir.^[3]^[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

Gallery

Connecticut Street Armory, view of main tower, July 2005
View from Niagara Street, April 2011
The armory after 1898

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Connecticut Street Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying 14 photographs
^ French, John Homer (1860). Gazetteer of the State of New York: Embracing a Comprehensive View of the Geography, Geology, and General History of the State, and a Complete History and Description of Every County, City, Town, Village and Locality: With Full Table of Statistics. R. Pearsall Smith. p. 284. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ "Explore Buffalo Building Profile: Tales of Two Armories". Buffalo Rising. 2020-05-29. Retrieved 26 May 2021.