Connecticut Street Armory
Introduction '''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 is home to the 74th Regiment of the New York National Guard. Prior to its construction, the site was home to a 13.5 million gallon reservoir.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Gallery File:Connecticut Street Armory.jpg|Connecticut Street Armory, view of main tower, July 2005File:Connecticut Street Armory Apr 11.JPG|View from Niagara Street, April 2011File:74th_Regimental_Armory,_Buffalo,_N._Y_(NYPL_b12647398-66646)_(cropped).tiff|The armory after 1898
References
External links * Connecticut Street Armory, Buffalo as an Architectural Museum* Connecticut Street Armory - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com