Flushing Armory


Flushing Armory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Western octagonal tower
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Location	137-58 Northern Blvd., Flushing, New York
Coordinates	40°45′47″N 73°49′44″W / 40.76306°N 73.82889°W / 40.76306; -73.82889
Built	1906
Architect	Heins, George L.
Architectural style	Late Victorian, Castellated
MPS	Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference No.	95000270^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 23, 1995

The Flushing Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located in Flushing, Queens. New York City. It is a brick and stone castle-like structure built in 1905–1906, designed to be reminiscent of medieval military structures in Europe. It was designed by state architect George L. Heins.^[2]

It consists of a two-story, hip-roofed administration building with an attached 1+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed drill shed, spanning open space of 11,400 square feet (1,060 m²). Both sections are built of load bearing brick walls sitting on a brownstone foundation. The building features a five-story octagonal tower at the northwest corner and a three-story round tower at the northeast corner. They feature tall, narrow windows and crenellated parapets.^[3] Throughout the armory's history it has been used for the National Guard, as a homeless shelter, and a gymnastics center. It is currently used by the New York City Police Department's Strategic Response Group.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Todd, Nancy (2006). New York's Historic Armories: An Illustrated History. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-7914-6911-8. OCLC 62697093.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (December 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Flushing Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying eight photographs

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Heritage Trail, Downtown Flushing	Flushing Armory Flushing High School Flushing Town Hall John Bowne House Kingsland Homestead Lewis H. Latimer House Old Quaker Meeting House Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Flushing RKO Keith's Theater St. George's Church United States Post Office Weeping Beech
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