Seventh Regiment Armory

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caption = Seventh Regiment Armory
location = 643 Park Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York State
lat_degrees = 40 | lat_minutes = 46 | lat_seconds = 03 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 73 | long_minutes = 57 | long_seconds = 58 | long_direction = W
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built = 1880
architect = Charles Clinton
architecture = Gothic Revival
designated= February 24, 1986 cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1551&ResourceType=Building
title=Seventh Regiment Armory|accessdate=2007-09-19|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = April 14, 1975cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
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refnum = 75001208
governing_body = New York Army National GuardThe Seventh Regiment Armory, sometimes called the Park Avenue Armory, [cite news |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/arts/music/04city.html |title=In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path |work=The New York Times |first=Anthony |last=Tommasini |date=2008-06-04 ] located at 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York, United States, is an historic brick building that fills an entire city block on New York's Upper East Side. The building was designed by architect Charles Clinton in the Gothic Revival style and dedicated in 1880. It is the only armory in the United States to be built and furnished with private funds. [cite web| url=http://www.legion.org/includes/printable_version.php?content=pub_mag_fortress_0507&id=| title=Fortress Under Fire| work=The American Legion Magazine| date=May 2007| accessdate=2008-04-05] It originally served as the headquarters and administrative building for the New York State Militia's Seventh Regiment, known as the Silk Stocking Regiment due to the disproportionate number of its members who were part of the city's social elite. The building is known for detailed interior rooms that are furnished with ornamental woodwork, marble and stained glass.

The main facade of the administration building faces Park Avenue between 66th & 67th Streets, with the large vaulted space for the drill hall in the center of the block. The administration building has provisions for a reception room, a library, veterans room and staff offices for ten regimental companies. Noted architects and inteior designers of the Victorian Era were commissioned to furnish the rooms and company quarters. The library is known as the Silver Room or "Trophy Room" and was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany who worked with architect Stanford White as a consultant on the project. The masterpiece of the armory building is the Veterans Room, now called the Tiffany Room, with hand carved wood panelling and coffered ceiling.

The building currently houses the 53rd Army Liaison Team of the New York Army National Guard (a unit carrying on the heritage of the 7th Regiment. Additionally, the 7th regiment Armory Conservancy rents space for cultural, social and business events. After 9/11 it was temporarily converted into a support center for the victims and the families of the terrorist attacks. The building was made a National Historic Landmark in 1986.PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/75001208.pdf Seventh Regiment Armory] |214 KB National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination, undated, by Carolyn Pitts] PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/75001208.pdf Seventh Regiment Armory--Accompanying 4 photo, exterior and interior, from 1975-1983.] |1.29 MB National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination] Another Unit at the Armory is the Veteran Corps of Artillery an ceremonial unit which was organized on November 25, 1790 {Evacuation Day (New York)} by American Revolutionary War Veterans. The VCA served in the War of 1812 and in the Civil War was Battery "G" of the 4th Regiment of Artillery, New York State Militia. {For History see [ [http://vca1790.org/history.aspx VCA website] ] }

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* [http://cityguide.aol.com/newyork/entertainment/seventh-regiment-armory/v-106954687 Tourist Profile] cityguide.aol.com
* [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?pp/hh:@field(DOCID+@lit(NY1581)) Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue] Images and data pages - Historic American Building Survey (HABS)
* [http://www.nyc-architecture.com/UES/UES045.htm Photos & Short History]