174 Regiment Armory
Prospect Park, Connecticut Street
alternate names: Connecticut Street Armory
architect: Capt. Williams Lansing
Max G. Beierl
Issac G. Perry (State Architect)
owner: New York National Guard
years built: 1897-1899
demolished: N/A
The armories of the 1890s were the last Romantic pseudo-castles and pictorially among the most effective. The drill halls, with their broad trussed roofs, are usually hidden quite out of sight by the multitude of towers and turrets.