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Bronx Franklin Avenue Armory
Basic Information | History | Images
| Street address: |
1122 Franklin Avenue (at East 166th Street) |
| City: |
Bronx |
| County: |
Bronx |
| Year constructed: |
1908 - 1911 |
| Architect: |
Charles C. Haight |
| Size : |
Battery |
| Square footage: |
151,716 NSF |
| Acreage: |
1.46 Acres |
| Status: |
Closed in 1988 / Converted by City of New York for use as homeless shelter |
Units Stationed: |
Years: |
| Headquarters & Headquarters Company 1st Battalion, 1st Artillery (combined 1st, 2nd and 3rd batteries) |
1908 - 1917 |
| 2nd Battery |
1908 - 1917 |
| 104th Field Artillery (formerly 1st Battery) |
1917 - ???? |
| 105th Field Artillery (formerly 2nd Battery) |
1917 - ???? |
| 145th Ordnance |
1961 - ???? |
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History
Prior to armory being built, the 2nd Battery shared quarters with the 71st Infantry Regiment in the Park Avenue Manhattan Armory until it was destroyed by fire in 1901 and later at 1891 Bathgate Avenue in the Bronx.
Other armories in Bronx include:
Images
Back to the Armory Homepage
New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified:
September 12, 2012
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/links/armories/Franklin Avenue .htm
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