{"nrhp_refnum":"95000089","name":"Malone Armory","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"116 W. Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Malone","county":"Franklin County","state":"NY","lat":44.84832901600004,"lon":-74.29782061599997,"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 brick and sandstone armory at 116 West Main Street in the village of Malone, Franklin County, New York, completed in 1892 for a National Guard company.","why_significant":"It is an intact, representative example of a late nineteenth-century New York National Guard armory, designed by State Architect Isaac Perry for the 27th Separate Company. It shows the three defining traits of the type: a civic monument symbolizing governmental strength, an administration building joined to a drill shed, and medieval military-inspired design. It is also tied to the history of the National Guard within the American military system.","narrative":"Malone Armory, built in 1892 at 116 West Main Street, is a fortress-like brick and Potsdam sandstone building designed by State Architect Isaac Perry for the 27th Separate Company of the New York National Guard. It combines a two-story administration building, anchored by a three and one-half story round tower with a conical slate roof, and a one and one-half story drill shed with arcaded side walls. A recessed sally port, round-arched windows and a gable stone dated 1892 mark the front. Inside, the drill shed keeps its original wooden floor, balcony and lockers, and the administration building retains pressed metal ceilings, oak woodwork and a circular staircase. The armory was listed for its architecture, as a typical example of Perry's medieval-influenced designs for mid-sized communities, and for its link to National Guard history after the Civil War reorganization of the state militia. It remains in use as an active military facility and a local landmark.","period_of_significance":"1892","architect_builder":"State Architect Isaac Perry","architectural_style":"Castellated style, reflecting medieval military architecture and Richardsonian Romanesque influence","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as an active military facility; the building is substantially intact, though the second-story west half has been subdivided and has dropped ceilings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.780197-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/95000089.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000089/c5d06fed4f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000089/c5d06fed4f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malone_Armory_Nov_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malone_Armory_Nov_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313066","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malone_Armory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6744499"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/franklin-county/malone-armory-95000089/"}