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New York City Lexington Avenue, Sixty-Ninth Regiment, Armory
Basic Information | History | Images
| Street address: |
68 Lexington Avenue (between East 25th and East 26th streets) |
| City: |
Manhattan |
| County: |
New York |
| Year constructed: |
1904 - 1906 |
| Architect: |
Joseph Howland Hunt and Richard Howland Hunt |
| Size : |
Regiment |
| Square footage: |
177,438 NSF |
| Acreage: |
1.45 Acres |
| Status: |
Open; upper floors used by city for homeless shelter |
Units Stationed: |
Years: |
| 69th Infantry Regiment |
1851 - 1892 |
| 69th Infantry Battalion |
1893 - 1894 |
| 69th Infantry Regiment |
1895 - 1897 |
| 69th New York Volunteers |
Spanish American War |
| 69th Infantry Regiment |
1899 - 1920 |
| 165 Infantry Regiment |
1921 - ???? |
| Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment Division Support Command, 165th Infantry |
1961 - ???? |
| 69th Infantry, Headquarters, Co. A, B, & C, 102nd Medical |
1986 - ???? |
| 69th Infantry, Headquarters and Service, Co. B & C, 102nd Medical |
1988 - ???? |
| 37th Finance Detachment |
Current |
| 1st Battalion 69th Infantry |
Current |
| Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion 69th Infantry |
Current |
| Co. A, 1st Battalion 69th Infantry |
Current |
| Detachment 1, Co. C, 1st Battalion 69th Infantry |
Current |
History
Prior to completion of this armory, the 69th Regiment occupied rooms above Essex Market (at the corner of Grand and Essex streets) from 1871 until the early 1880's when it moved to the Tompkins Market Armory on Third Avenue.
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New York State Division of Military and Naval Affairs: Military History
Last modified:
November 7, 2012
URL: http://www.dmna.state.ny.us/historic/links/armories/New York City Lexington Avenue.htm
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