{"nrhp_refnum":"95000081","name":"Gloversville Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"87 Washington St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Gloversville","county":"Fulton County","state":"NY","lat":43.04995477400007,"lon":-74.34023773299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A castellated-style brick and red sandstone National Guard armory at 87 Washington Street, Gloversville, Fulton County, New York, built in 1904 with a two-story administration building and an attached drill shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is a remarkably intact, representative early twentieth century National Guard armory in New York State, designed by State Architect George L. Heins for the 19th Separate Company. It embodies the building type's function, plan (administration building with attached drill shed) and fortress-like castellated design. It is also significant for its association with National Guard and American military history.","narrative":"Built in 1904, the Gloversville Armory is a large castellated building of red brick and roughly hewn red sandstone on Washington Street, just southeast of the city's central business district. It combines a two-story administration building with an attached drill shed, and its irregular towers, crenelated parapets, machicolated cornices and deeply recessed arcade give it a medieval fortress appearance. State Architect George L. Heins designed it for the 19th Separate Company of the National Guard. It is considered a remarkably intact example of the early twentieth century armory type in New York, serving as a military facility, a social clubhouse for a local unit and a civic symbol of military presence. Inside, the entrance hall, corridors, staircase, second-floor meeting room and parts of the drill shed retain original oak and plaster details. The armory also reflects the National Guard's long role in American military history, and it remains in armory use.","period_of_significance":"1904","architect_builder":"George L. Heins, State Architect","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; castellated style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as an armory; the form lists current function as defense/armory, and the interior has a moderate degree of integrity with some modernized offices.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.547541-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000081.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000081/82cd8105f8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000081/82cd8105f8-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gloversville_Armory_from_west,_Gloversville.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gloversville_Armory_from_west,_Gloversville.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313068","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloversville_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5572191"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/fulton-county/gloversville-armory-95000081/"}