{"nrhp_refnum":"95000088","name":"Ogdensburg Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"225 Elizabeth St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ogdensburg","county":"St. Lawrence County","state":"NY","lat":44.699307720000036,"lon":-75.48946620099997,"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 sandstone armory at 225 Elizabeth Street in Ogdensburg, St. Lawrence County, New York, completed in 1898 for the 40th Separate Company of the National Guard. It has a two-story administration building and an attached drill shed.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is a remarkably intact, representative late nineteenth century National Guard armory designed by State Architect Isaac Perry. It reflects medieval military and Richardsonian Romanesque influences and served as both a military facility and a civic monument. It is also significant for its association with National Guard and military history.","narrative":"Built in 1898 at the corner of Elizabeth and Ford Streets, the Ogdensburg Armory is a fortress-like building of reddish-brown Potsdam sandstone on a rusticated limestone foundation. It combines a two-story administration building, anchored by round and octagonal towers with crenelated parapets, and a large gable-roofed drill shed at the rear. State Architect Isaac Perry designed it for the 40th Separate Company of the New York National Guard. Its massive proportions, arcaded entrance pavilion and towers show the influence of medieval military architecture and Richardsonian Romanesque design. The building was meant to serve as a drill hall, a social club for guardsmen and a civic monument. It is one of nearly twenty surviving armories attributed to Perry and is typical of his work for mid-sized communities. Original pressed metal ceilings, woodwork, furniture, drill shed floor and balcony survive. It remains in military use and is a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1898","architect_builder":"Isaac Perry, State Architect","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 02:51:51.594119-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000088.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000088/7bcf4e6e19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000088/7bcf4e6e19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"FloraDufresne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogdensburg_Armory.png\" rel=\"noopener\">FloraDufresne</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:Ogdensburg_Armory.png"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75314680","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogdensburg_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7079960"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/st-lawrence-county/ogdensburg-armory-95000088/"}