Oswego Armory is a historic
National Guard armory located at
Oswego in
Oswego County, New York
Oswego County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 117,525. The county seat is Oswego. The county name is from a Mohawk-language word meaning "the pouring out place", referring to the point at ...
. It is a brick and stone
castle-like structure built in 1906–1908. It was designed by State architect
George L. Heins
Heins & LaFarge was a New York-based architectural firm composed of the Philadelphia-born architect George Lewis Heins (1860–1907) and Christopher Grant LaFarge (1862–1938), the eldest son of the artist John La Farge. They were respons ...
. It consists of a -story administration building with an attached large, gable-roofed drill shed. The building features a 5-story octagonal tower at the northwest corner.
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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 1988.
Oswego YMCA
After the closing of the Armory in 2004, The Oswego YMCA purchased the Armory and now runs most of its Child and Teen activities out of the building.
Humane Society
The Humane Society rents a single room in the basement of the Armory.
References
External links
Oswego Armory - Oswego, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com*Todd, Nancy L.,
Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Infrastructure completed in 1906
Buildings and structures in Oswego County, New York
Oswego, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Oswego County, New York
1906 establishments in New York (state)
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