Built 1895 Opened 1895 Architectural style Victorian architecture | NRHP Reference # 76000254 Area 4,047 m² Added to NRHP 3 May 1976 | |
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Location Springfield, Massachusetts Similar Forest Park, Symphony Hall - Springfield, Quadrangle, MassMutual Center, Naismith Memorial Basketbal | ||
The State Armory is a historic armory building at 29 Howard Street in Springfield, Massachusetts. It was built in 1895 to a design by Wait & Cutter of Boston, with local architects Gardner, Pyne & Gardner supervising. The construction was primarily granite, with decorative elements of brick and brownstone. It has towers that are 50 feet (15 m) and 60 feet (18 m) tall with crenellated brick battlements and a parapet connecting the two front towers. The mass of the building is directly on Howard Street, and looms over most of its neighbors. The building was the first that was purpose-built for the local militia, and was in its later years home to the South End Community Center.
The armory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It was extensively damaged in the Springfield Tornado disaster on June 1, 2011, in which the rear of the building was reduced to rubble.