Geneva Armory

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Geneva Armory
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Location300 Main St.,
Geneva, New York
Coordinates 42°52′1″N76°59′7″W / 42.86694°N 76.98528°W / 42.86694; -76.98528
Arealess than one acre
Built1892
ArchitectIsaac Perry, George Heins
Architectural styleLate Victorian, castellated
MPS Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference No. 95000082 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 2, 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]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Nancy L. Todd (December 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Geneva Armory". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-09-14.See also: "Accompanying eight photos".