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.