Tonawanda Armory

	Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) Armory
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Tonawanda Armory, November 2008
Location	79 Delaware Ave.,; Tonawanda, New York
Coordinates	43°2′39″N 78°52′22″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1896
Architect	Isaac G. Perry
Architectural style	Romanesque, Castellated Style
MPS	Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS
NRHP reference No.	93001539
Added to NRHP	January 28, 1994

The Tonawanda Armory is a historic armory originally built for the 25th Separate Company of the New York National Guard, and located in the city of Tonawanda in Erie County, New York. It is a brick and stone castle-like structure built in 1897, designed to be reminiscent of medieval military structures in Europe. It was designed by State architect of New York Isaac G. Perry.

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It consists of a two-story, hip-roofed administration building with an attached 1+1⁄2-story, gable-roofed drill shed, spanning open space of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²). The building features a five-story octagonal tower at the southwest corner and a two-story round tower at the northwest corner.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[1] It is now privately owned and available for rental or tours.^[3]

[1]
"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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"Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (December 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying six photographs
[3]
Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 18, 2011

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"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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"Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes Nancy L. Todd (December 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Tonawanda (25th Separate Company) Armory" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying six photographs

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Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas Archived 2011-03-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed July 18, 2011

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