23rd Regiment Armory

23rd Regiment Armory

(July 2010)
Location 1322 Bedford Ave.
Brooklyn, New York City
Coordinates 40°40′43″N 73°57′16″W / 40.67861°N 73.95444°W / 40.67861; -73.95444Coordinates: 40°40′43″N 73°57′16″W / 40.67861°N 73.95444°W / 40.67861; -73.95444
Area 2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built 1891-95
Architect Fowler & Hough and Isaac Perry
Architectural style Romanesque revival
NRHP Reference # 80002641[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 6, 1980
Designated NYCL March 8, 1977

The 23rd Regiment Armory is a historic National Guard armory building located at 1322 Bedford Avenue between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It was built in 1891-95 and was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Fowler & Hough, local Brooklyn architects, and Isaac Perry, the architect for New York State, which financed the construction.[2][3]

The building is a brick and stone castle-like structure designed to be reminiscent of medieval military structures in Europe. It consists of a three-story administration building with an attached drill shed. It is constructed of deep red pressed brick, brownish red Potsdam stone, and red terra cotta detail. It features a series of circular corner towers, the tallest of which is 136 feet in height.[4]

In 1923, the building was rented by William Randolph Hearst for use as studio space for his Cosmopolitan Productions after the company's own facilities were destroyed by a fire on February 19, 1923.[5][6]

The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1977,[2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1] Currently, the building is used as a men's homeless shelter under New York City's Department of Homeless Services.

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S. (text); Postal, Matthew A. (text) (2009), Postal, Matthew A., ed., Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.), New York: John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1, p.272
  3. ↑ White, Norval; Willensky, Elliot; Leadon, Fran (2010), AIA Guide to New York City (5th ed.), New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780195383867, p.685
  4. ↑ Randsen, Nradley; Olshanky,Joan R.; Spencer-Ralph, Elizabeth (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Twenty third Regiment Armory". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying two photos".
  5. ↑ Procter, Ben. William Randolph Hearst: The Later Years, 1911-1951. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-532534-8 web 27 June 2014
  6. ↑ Koszarski, Richard. An Evening's Entertainment: The Age of the Silent Feature Picture, 1915-1928. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press. p 286. ISBN 0-520-08535-3 web 27 June 2014

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