Olean Armory is a historic

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building located at Olean in

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. It was designed by

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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 ...

(1890 structure) and

Lewis Pilcher Lewis F. Pilcher, AIA (1871–1941), was an American academic and architect active in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century New York City. With William G. Tachau, he was a partner of Pilcher and Tachau, the predecessor firm of ...

(1919 structure). It consists of a two-story, Tudor inspired administration building constructed in 1919, with an attached Romanesque drill shed constructed in 1890. The building features a number of castellated style features such as

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s and

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es. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1995.

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Historical marker/historic landmark for Olean Armory in Olean, NY
Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Infrastructure completed in 1890 Infrastructure completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Cattaraugus County, New York St. Bonaventure Bonnies basketball National Register of Historic Places in Cattaraugus County, New York {{CattaraugusCountyNY-NRHP-stub