Connecticut Street Armory

Connecticut Street Armory
Connecticut Street Armory, view from Prospect Park, May 2014
Location184 Connecticut St., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates42°54′14″N 78°53′39″W / 42.90389°N 78.89417°W / 42.90389; -78.89417
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1899
ArchitectPerry, Isaac; Lansing, Capt. William
Architectural styleLate Victorian
MPSArmy National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference No.94001543[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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 was the 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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on April 4, 2019. Retrieved July 1, 2016. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Connecticut Street Armory" (PDF). Retrieved July 1, 2016. and Accompanying 14 photographs
  3. ^ 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 May 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Explore Buffalo Building Profile: Tales of Two Armories". Buffalo Rising. May 29, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2021.


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