Manhattan · NYC landmark
First Battery Armory
56 West 66th Street · Manhattan, New York City
A former artillery armory whose central tower and castle-like details identify an older National Guard building type.
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NYFE Summary
The building housed a mounted field-artillery unit whose membership was largely German-American. A medical battalion later used it, and the former military space eventually became a television studio. These changes gave a specialized training building several different lives.
A central tower rises above the entrance, with smaller turrets and notched parapets along the front. The castle-like details made the headhouse a recognizable armory. A large drill room was built behind it.
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