Geneva Armory

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Geneva Armory

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Geneva Armory, August 2009
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Location 300 Main St., Geneva, New York
Coordinates 42°52′1″N76°59′7″W / 42.86694°N 76.98528°W / 42.86694; -76.98528 Coordinates: 42°52′1″N76°59′7″W / 42.86694°N 76.98528°W / 42.86694; -76.98528
Area less than one acre
Built 1892
Architect Perry, Isaac; Heins, George
Architectural style Late Victorian, castellated
MPS Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference # 95000082 [1]
Added to NRHP March 02, 1995

Geneva Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located at Geneva in Ontario County, New York. The armory consists of a long, shallow, rectangular, five-story, hip-roofed administration building with an attached 1 12-story, rectangular gable-roofed drill shed. The original section of the administration building was built in 1892 and designed by architect Isaac G. Perry. It was tripled in size in 1906 and the addition included a slightly off-center 10-sided, 4 12-story castle-like tower. [2]

Geneva, New York City in New York, United States

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Gable Generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [1]

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