White Plains Armory
The White Plains Armory is a historic building in White Plains, New York, in Westchester County.
White Plains Armory | |
The White Plains Armory in winter 2008 | |
Location | 35 S. Broadway, White Plains, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°1′53″N 73°45′47″W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1909-10 |
Architect | James E. Ware |
Architectural style | Castellated |
NRHP reference No. | 80002796 [1] |
Added to NRHP | April 16, 1980 |
Located at 65 Mitchell Place/35 South Broadway, the building was built to serve as a National Guard armory.[2] Construction of the building began in 1909 and was completed in 1910.[2] The building was designed by architect James E. Ware.[2] The building was 31,612 square feet and takes up three-quarters of an acre.[2] 49th Separate Company/Company L, 10th Infantry Regiment occupied the armory from 1910 to 1939.[2] From April 1924 to November 1929, the White Plains Armory was the temporary headquarters of Troop K of the New York State Police, after a March 3, 1924 fire destroyed the troop's headquarters at Gedney Farms.[3] The police troop left the Armory in November 1929 after a new headquarters in Hawthorne was completed.[3]
Subsequently, the building's tenants were the 106th Infantry Regiment and then the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, Company D, 212th Field Artillery.[2]
It is located on the site of the first courthouse where the Declaration of Independence was read on July 11, 1776.[4]
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
The building was vacated in 1977.[2] In 1982, it was converted to Armory Plaza, a senior housing complex with a senior center on first floor.[2][5][6]
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- White Plains Armory, New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
- Frank Goderre, Images of America: New York State Police Troop K (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), pp. 9, 18, 27-28.
- Karen Morey Kennedy and Austin N. O'Brien (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration:White Plains Armory". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-12-30. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
- Armory Plaza, 35 South Broadway, White Plains, New York, Regan Development Corp.
- Armory Plaza, Related Companies.