White Plains Armory | |
Location | 35 S. Broadway, White Plains, New York |
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Coordinates | 41°1′53″N73°45′47″W / 41.03139°N 73.76306°W |
Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
Built | 1909-10 |
Architect | James E. Ware |
Architectural style | Castellated |
NRHP reference No. | 80002796 [1] |
NYSRHP No. | 11943.000691 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | April 16, 1980 |
Designated NYSRHP | June 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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