The Tonawanda Armory is a historic
armory
Armory or armoury may mean:
* An arsenal, a military or civilian location for the storage of arms and ammunition
Places
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originally built for the 25th Separate Company of the New York
National Guard
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Nat ...
, and located in the city of
Tonawanda in
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York State. As of the 2020 census, the population was 954,236. The county seat is Buffalo, which makes up about 28% of the county's population. Both the county and Lake Erie w ...
. It is a brick and stone
castle-like structure built in 1897, designed to be reminiscent of
medieval
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military structures in Europe. It was designed by
State architect
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of New York
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 two-story, hip-roofed administration building with an attached -story,
gable
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-roofed drill shed, spanning open space of . The building features a five-story octagonal tower at the southwest corner and a two-story round tower at the northwest corner.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1994.
, accessed July 18, 2011
References
External links
Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) Armory - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com*
Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
Infrastructure completed in 1897
Buildings and structures in Erie County, New York
National Register of Historic Places in Erie County, New York
Tonawanda (city), New York
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