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New York State Armory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Armory in 2007, with sign for neighboring restaurant visible
Location	Poughkeepsie, NY
Coordinates	41°42′07″N 73°55′45″W / 41.70194°N 73.92917°W / 41.70194; -73.92917
Built	1891–92
Architect	Isaac G. Perry
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	82001154
Added to NRHP	1982

The New York State Armory is in Poughkeepsie, New York. Built in 1891, it is a Romanesque building designed by Isaac G. Perry, then the New York State Architect, who also designed the state capitol and 26 other armories. In 1982 the Armory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2012 it was sold to the Greater New York Seventh-Day Adventists Church in a public auction and is planned for community programs and recreation.

Located at the junction of Church (eastbound US 44/NY 55) and Market streets downtown, it is across from the Old YMCA. It is a two-and-a-half-story structure made of brick and rusticated sandstone, visible to traffic entering Poughkeepsie from the west via the Mid-Hudson Bridge. Its interior features, such as oak lockers, staircases and floors, are well-preserved. It also retains the original pressed metal ceilings and light fixtures.

Governor David Hill attended the cornerstone laying on Memorial Day (then called Decoration Day) in 1891, and spoke of the importance of maintaining state-level military facilities and the respectability conferred by service in the Guard. The armory was completed the following year.

Troops were later deployed from here to the Spanish–American War and both 20th-century world wars. It has been host to a variety of events from basketball tournaments to birthday parties for Franklin D. Roosevelt, a resident of nearby Hyde Park. The Company A, 101st Signal Battalion of the New York Army National Guard were stationed in the Armory, however, in 2011 the National Guard moved the remaining 200 soldiers stationed there to Camp Smith down the Hudson River near Peekskill.

See also

• List of armories and arsenals in New York City and surrounding counties

References

1. ^ Sharp, Townley (August 8, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, New York State Armory". Retrieved 2008-01-09.
2. http://hudsonvalley.ynn.com/content/top_stories/593818/poughkeepsie-armory-sold-in-public-auction/
3. "Church buys Poughkeepsie Armory". www.midhudsonnews.com. August 3, 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-08-06.
4. "The Day in Poughkeepsie: Gov. Hill Attends The Laying of the Cornerstone of an Armory". The New York Times. May 31, 1891. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
5. ^ Stewart, Emily (May 23, 2011). "National Guard in process of vacating city armory". Poughkeepsie Journal. Archived from the original on May 27, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

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