Seventh Regiment Armory

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Seventh Regiment Armory
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
Seventh Regiment Armory
Seventh Regiment Armory
Location: 643 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York State
Coordinates: 40°46′03″N 73°57′58″W / 40.7675, -73.96611Coordinates: 40°46′03″N 73°57′58″W / 40.7675, -73.96611
Built/Founded: 1880
Architect: Charles Clinton
Architectural style(s): Gothic Revival
Designated as NHL: February 24, 1986 [1]
Added to NRHP: April 14, 1975[2]
NRHP Reference#: 75001208
Governing body: New York Army National Guard

The Seventh Regiment Armory, sometimes called the Park Avenue Armory,[3] located at 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York, United States, is an historic brick building that fills an entire city block on New York's Upper East Side. The building was designed by architect Charles Clinton in the Gothic Revival style and dedicated in 1880. It is the only armory in the United States to be built and furnished with private funds.[4] It originally served as the headquarters and administrative building for the New York State Militia's Seventh Regiment, known as the Silk Stocking Regiment due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of the city's social elite. The building is known for detailed interior rooms that are furnished with ornamental woodwork, marble and stained glass.

The main facade of the administration building faces Park Avenue between 66th & 67th Streets, with the large vaulted space for the drill hall in the center of the block. The administration building has provisions for a reception room, a library, veterans room and staff offices for ten regimental companies. Noted architects and inteior designers of the Victorian Era were commissioned to furnish the rooms and company quarters. The library is known as the Silver Room or "Trophy Room" and was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany who worked with architect Stanford White as a consultant on the project. The masterpiece of the armory building is the Veterans Room, now called the Tiffany Room, with hand carved wood panelling and coffered ceiling.

Veterans (Tiffany) Room
Veterans (Tiffany) Room

The building currently houses the 107th Corps Support Group of the New York Army National Guard (a unit carrying on the heritage of the 7th New York) as well as renting its space for business and social events. After 9/11 it was temporarily converted into a support center for the victims and the families of the terrorist attacks. The building was made a National Historic Landmark in 1986.[1][5][6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Seventh Regiment Armory. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
  2. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  3. ^ Tommasini, Anthony. "In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path", The New York Times, 2008-06-04. 
  4. ^ Fortress Under Fire. The American Legion Magazine (May 2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-05.
  5. ^ Seventh Regiment ArmoryPDF (408 KiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination, undated, by Carolyn Pitts
  6. ^ Seventh Regiment Armory--Accompanying 4 photo, exterior and interior, from 1975-1983. PDF (565 KiB) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination

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