Connecticut Street Armory | |
Location: | 184 Connecticut St., Buffalo, New York |
Coordinates: | 42.9039°N -78.8942°W |
Built: | 1899 |
Architect: | Perry, Isaac; Lansing, Capt. William |
Architecture: | Late Victorian |
Added: | January 12, 1995 |
Refnum: | 94001543 |
Connecticut Street Armory, also known as the 74th Regimental Armory, is a historic National Guard armory building located at Buffalo in Erie County, New York. It is sited at Columbus Park. It is a massive castle-like structure built in 1899 of Medina sandstone. It was designed by architect Isaac G. Perry. It consists of a -story administration building with an attached 2-story drill shed all constructed of sandstone, lying on a rusticated battered stone foundation. The building features 4- to 6-story towers surrounding the administration building, and a -story square tower at the center entrance. It was the home to the 74th Regiment of the New York National Guard.[1] Prior to its construction, the site was home to a 13.5 million gallon reservoir.[2] [3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.