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Ogdensburg Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located at Ogdensburg in St. Lawrence County, New York. It was built in 1898 and designed by State architect
Isaac G. Perry Isaac Gale Perry (1822–1904), was a prolific New York State architect and builder. His works include New York State Inebriate Asylum, Monday Afternoon Club, Phelps Mansion and the First National Bank of Oxford. Life and career Bo ...
. It consists of a 2-story, hip-roofed administration building and a large gable-roofed drill shed. It is built of load-bearing, reddish-brown
Potsdam sandstone The Potsdam Sandstone, more formally known as the Potsdam Group, is a geologic unit of mid-to-late Cambrian age found in Northern New York and northern Vermont and Quebec and Ontario. A well-cemented sandstone of nearly pure quartz, in the 19th ce ...
walls built upon a raised, rusticated, light-gray limestone foundation. The main block features 5-, 4-, and -story towers. ''See also:'' It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.


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Buildings and structures in St. Lawrence County, New York Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Government buildings completed in 1898 Military installations established in 1898 National Register of Historic Places in St. Lawrence County, New York {{StLawrenceCountyNY-NRHP-stub