White Plains Armory

White Plains Armory

The White Plains Armory in winter 2008
Location 35 S. Broadway, White Plains, New York
Coordinates 41°1′53″N 73°45′47″W / 41.03139°N 73.76306°W / 41.03139; -73.76306Coordinates: 41°1′53″N 73°45′47″W / 41.03139°N 73.76306°W / 41.03139; -73.76306
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1909-10
Architect James E. Ware
Architectural style Castellated
NRHP Reference #

80002796

[1]
Added to NRHP April 16, 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]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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.
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