{"nrhp_refnum":"95000086","name":"Hoosick Falls Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Church and Elm Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hoosick Falls","county":"Rensselaer County","state":"NY","lat":42.89918585400005,"lon":-73.35376660799994,"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 National Guard armory built in 1889 at Church and Elm Streets in the village of Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer County, New York, for the 32nd Separate Company. It was designed by State Architect Isaac Perry.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the armory is a remarkably intact, representative example of a late nineteenth century castellated National Guard armory in New York State. It combines an administration building with an attached drill shed and has a fortress-like design. It is also significant for its association with American military history and the New York National Guard.","narrative":"Built in 1889 for the 32nd Separate Company of the National Guard, this brick armory sits on the corner of Church and Elm Streets in the village core of Hoosick Falls. State Architect Isaac Perry designed it in a castellated style, with two round towers, machicolated cornices, round-arched windows and a rusticated limestone foundation. A two-and-one-half-story administrative section faces Church Street, and an eight-bay drill shed extends behind it along Elm Street. The drill shed keeps its hardwood floors, brick walls and exposed steel trusses, and the interior retains an oak staircase and original oak lockers. It is one of nearly twenty surviving armories attributed to Perry, though an early and modest example. It was listed for its architecture and for its link to the local militia unit, which served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the Mexican border crisis and both World Wars.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":"Isaac Perry, State Architect","architectural_style":"Late Victorian; castellated","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an armory. It closed in 1980 for one year, then reopened because of public demand for community space. Use for community activities has since declined.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.497459-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000086.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000086/ab4eb0de71-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000086/ab4eb0de71-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hoosick_Falls_Armory.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://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:Hoosick_Falls_Armory.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314494","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosick_Falls_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1627477"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/rensselaer-county/hoosick-falls-armory-95000086/"}