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Seventh Regiment Armory

Also Park Avenue Armory

NY

Cultural
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Architect

Charles W. Clinton

Renovation Architect

Herzog & de Meuron

Interior Designer

Louis Comfort Tiffany

Herter Brothers

Designations

New York City Exterior Landmark

National Historic Landmark in 1986

National Register of Historic Places in 1975

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The Armory was built by New York State’s Seventh Regiment of the National Guard, the first volunteer militia to respond to President Lincoln’s call for troops in 1861. Members of what was known as the “Silk Stocking” Regiment included New York’s most prominent Gilded Age Families including the Vanderbilts, Van Rensselaers, Roosevelts, Stewarts, Livingstons and Harrimans. Built as both a military facility and a social club, the reception rooms on the first floor and the Company Rooms on the second floor were designed by the most prominent designers and artists of the day including Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers and Pottier & Stymus. The Armory’s 55,000 square foot drill hall, reminiscent of the original Grand Central Depot and the great train sheds of Europe, remains one of the largest unobstructed spaces of its kind in New York. A marvel of engineering in its time, it was designed by Regiment veteran and architect Charles W. Clinton, later a partner of Clinton & Russell, architects of the Apthorp Apartments and the famed, now demolished, Astor Hotel. The building is currently used as a cultural center.

The Armory was built by New York State’s Seventh Regiment of the National Guard, the first volunteer militia to respond to President Lincoln’s call for troops in 1861. Members of what was known as the “Silk Stocking” Regiment included New York’s most prominent Gilded Age Families including the Vanderbilts, Van Rensselaers, Roosevelts, Stewarts, Livingstons and Harrimans. Built as both a military facility and a social club, the reception rooms on the first floor and the Company Rooms on the second floor were designed by the most prominent designers and artists of the day including Louis Comfort Tiffany, Stanford White, Herter Brothers and Pottier & Stymus. The Armory’s 55,000 square foot drill hall, reminiscent of the original Grand Central Depot and the great train sheds of Europe, remains one of the largest unobstructed spaces of its kind in New York. A marvel of engineering in its time, it was designed by Regiment veteran and architect Charles W. Clinton, later a partner of Clinton & Russell, architects of the Apthorp Apartments and the famed, now demolished, Astor Hotel. The building is currently used as a cultural center.

Park Avenue Armory

643 Park Avenue East 67th Street, New York City, NY, US 10065

Nearby
Christopher Columbus Statue in Central Park 0.3 miles
Vilcek Foundation 0.4 miles
The Frick Collection 0.4 miles
Balto 0.5 miles
Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in Central Park 0.6 miles
Fitz Greene Halleck statue in Central Park 0.6 miles
Doris C. Freedman Plaza 0.6 miles
Sir Walter Scott statue in Central Park 0.6 miles
The Sherry-Netherland 0.6 miles
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