Tonawanda Armory

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Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) Armory
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Tonawanda Armory, November 2008
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Location79 Delaware Ave.,
Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates 43°2′39″N78°52′22″W / 43.04417°N 78.87278°W / 43.04417; -78.87278
Arealess than one acre
Built1896
Architect Isaac G. Perry
Architectural styleRomanesque, Castellated Style
MPS Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference No. 93001539 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 28, 1994

The Tonawanda Armory is a historic armory originally built for the 25th Separate Company of the New York National Guard, and located in the city of Tonawanda in Erie County, New York. It is a brick and stone castle-like structure built in 1897, designed to be reminiscent of medieval military structures in Europe. It was designed by State architect of New York Isaac G. Perry.

It consists of a two-story, hip-roofed administration building with an attached 1+12-story, gable-roofed drill shed, spanning open space of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2). The building features a five-story octagonal tower at the southwest corner and a two-story round tower at the northwest corner. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] It is now privately owned and available for rental or tours. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Nancy L. Todd (December 1993). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) Armory. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
  3. Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine , accessed July 18, 2011