{"nrhp_refnum":"95000082","name":"Geneva Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Geneva","county":"Ontario County","state":"NY","lat":42.86713198800004,"lon":-76.98506224499994,"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 brick castle-style National Guard armory at 300 Main Street in Geneva, Ontario County, New York, built in 1892 and enlarged in 1906. It has a two-story administration building with two towers and an attached drill shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an intact, representative example of a late nineteenth and early twentieth century New York armory, with the fortress-like design, administration building plus drill shed, and civic-monument role typical of the type. It also reflects the work of State Architects Isaac Perry and George Heins. Under Criterion A it is tied to National Guard and American military history through the 34th Independent Company.","narrative":"Geneva's armory on Main Street is a brick fortress in miniature, built in 1892 for the 34th Independent Company of the New York National Guard and enlarged in 1906. State Architect Isaac Perry designed the original three-bay block with an arcaded facade and a round corner tower. State Architect George Heins later designed an addition that more than tripled the building's size and added a ten-sided tower, a central sally port entrance, and a new drill shed. Crenelated parapets, machicolated cornices and rough stone trim give it a medieval military look. Inside, original doors, wainscoting, staircase, mantels and display cases survive, along with the steel-trussed drill shed and a basement with kitchen, mess hall and rifle range. It was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of the New York armory type and the work of Perry and Heins, and for its link to National Guard history. It remains an active military facility and a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1892 - 1906","architect_builder":"State Architect Isaac Perry (1892); State Architect George Heins (1906)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; Castellated","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an active military facility; the interior and drill shed survive with a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.167316-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000082.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000082/3f083898c0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000082/3f083898c0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Zeete","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geneva_Armory,_Geneva,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Zeete</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:Geneva_Armory,_Geneva,_NY.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000225","name":"Geneva Downtown Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/geneva-downtown-commercial-historic-district-14000225/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314123","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532978"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/ontario-county/geneva-armory-95000082/"}