{"nrhp_refnum":"81000411","name":"New York State Armony","other_names":["Old Newburgh Armory","Bull Market"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Broadway and Johnson St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Newburgh","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.49990594600007,"lon":-74.01343227399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1981-06-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A castellated brick armory at the southeast corner of Broadway and Johnson Street in Newburgh, Orange County, New York, erected in 1879 by the State of New York and designed by John A. Wood.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it one of Newburgh's outstanding architectural landmarks and the city's only surviving castellated civic building. It is rare in the Hudson Valley and, with Wood's Kingston armory, is the earliest such building in the region. It also represents the state's late nineteenth-century armory program and is a surviving example of Wood's public work.","narrative":"Known locally as the \"Bull Market,\" this brick armory occupies the corner of Broadway and Johnson Street in Newburgh. Built in 1879 by the State of New York and dedicated in June 1880, it has a T-shaped plan: a two-story, five-bay front block with a central crenelated tower, and a large field house extending to the rear. Canted corner projections with crenelated parapets give it a fortress-like look. Architect John A. Wood of Poughkeepsie designed it, and Thomas Dobbin built it. Local National Guard companies used it for over fifty years, until a new armory opened in 1931. It later served as a food market, then a bowling alley and billiards hall, and has stood vacant since 1975. A fire in 1980 damaged it, though its basic structure and features remain largely intact. It is valued as Newburgh's only castellated civic building and as a rare Hudson Valley example of the style.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899","architect_builder":"John A. Wood (architect); Thomas Dobbin (builder)","architectural_style":"Castellated style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant since 1975 and damaged by fire in November 1980; deteriorated but described as restorable.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:43.544554-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/81000411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000411/74f357475f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/81000411/74f357475f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_State_Armory,_Newburgh,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_State_Armory,_Newburgh,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"85002426","name":"East End Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/east-end-historic-district-85002426/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320706","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_Armory_(Newburgh)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707087"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/new-york-state-armony-81000411/"}