White Plains Armory

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White Plains Armory
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The White Plains Armory in Winter 2023
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Location35 S. Broadway, White Plains, New York
Coordinates 41°1′53″N73°45′47″W / 41.03139°N 73.76306°W / 41.03139; -73.76306
Area0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built1909-10
Architect James E. Ware
Architectural styleCastellated
NRHP reference No. 80002796 [1]
NYSRHP No.11943.000691
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 16, 1980
Designated NYSRHPJune 23, 1980

The White Plains Armory is a historic building in White Plains, New York, in Westchester County.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 White Plains Armory, New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center, New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
  3. 1 2 Frank Goderre, Images of America: New York State Police Troop K (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), pp. 9, 18, 27-28.
  4. 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".
  5. Armory Plaza, 35 South Broadway, White Plains, New York, Regan Development Corp.
  6. Armory Plaza, Related Companies.