{"nrhp_refnum":"95000083","name":"Utica Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1700 Parkway Blvd. E.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.07993683850006,"lon":-75.20844644209893,"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 1930 National Guard armory at 1700 Parkway Boulevard East (Culver Avenue) on the eastern edge of Utica, Oneida County, New York, built for Troop A, 121st Cavalry and designed by State Architect William Haugaard.","why_significant":"The armory is a representative example of an early twentieth-century New York National Guard armory, combining an administration building with an attached drill shed and medieval-inspired Tudor styling. It is also one of only a few cavalry armories and a very late example of the type. It is the only surviving one of Utica's three historic armories and is tied to American and National Guard military history.","narrative":"Built in 1930 on the eastern edge of Utica, this armory housed Troop A, 121st Cavalry of the New York National Guard. State Architect William Haugaard designed it with a two-story administration building and an attached three-story drill shed, both of steel frame with brick walls. Round towers, corner turrets, crenelated parapets and a limestone-trimmed sally port give the front a medieval military look. Behind it are a mounting hall and a former barn wing, built to serve a mounted unit that needed stables and an indoor riding area. Few cavalry armories were built this late, since most units had mechanized by 1930. The building replaced two earlier Utica armories, and it is the only one of the three still standing. The Rutger Street Armory was demolished in 1956. The Utica Armory keeps a high degree of exterior integrity and remains in National Guard use. It was listed for its military history and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1930","architect_builder":"William Haugaard, State Architect","architectural_style":"Tudor-inspired (Tudor Revival influence) armory","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still an active National Guard armory; the drill shed is used for vehicle maintenance and storage, and many interior offices and the former barn have been altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.031996-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000083.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000083/5cbd10d250-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000083/5cbd10d250-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Agreen54","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utica_Armory.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Agreen54</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:Utica_Armory.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313991","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utica_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7902773"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/utica-armory-95000083/"}