Lawrence Light Guard Armory

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Lawrence Light Guard Armory
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Location Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°25′7″N71°6′47″W / 42.41861°N 71.11306°W / 42.41861; -71.11306
Built1900
ArchitectShepley, Rutan & Coolidge
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 75000277 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 10, 1975

The Lawrence Light Guard Armory is a historic armory building at 92 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts. The three-story granite and brick building was built in 1891 to a design by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. The Romanesque Revival building has massive granite quoins on the corners, a granite course between the first and second floors, and granite lintel sections above its windows. The entrance, centered on the north facade, is flanked by round turrets with crenellated tops. [2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]

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  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Lawrence Light Guard Armory". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved February 27, 2014.