Pawtucket Armory

Pawtucket Armory
Pawtucket Armory in 2013
Location Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Coordinates 41°52′49″N 71°22′49″W / 41.88028°N 71.38028°W / 41.88028; -71.38028Coordinates: 41°52′49″N 71°22′49″W / 41.88028°N 71.38028°W / 41.88028; -71.38028
Built 1894
Architect William R. Walker & Son
Part of Exchange Street Historic District (#02000952)
MPS Pawtucket MRA
NRHP reference # 83003836 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 18, 1983
Designated CP September 6, 2002

The Pawtucket Armory is an historic armory building at 172 Exchange Street in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. One of the major works of William R. Walker & Son, it was built in 1894-5. Built of red brick with granite and limestone trim, it has a distinctive main block, with crenellated towers at the corners, and is prominently sited near Pawtucket's central business district. It has a Richardsonian Romanesque entry, recessed under a round archway with wrought iron gates. The armory drill hall extends to behind the building along Fountain Avenue.[2]

From 2005 to 2010, the armory housed the Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the Performing and Visual Arts. It is currently home to the Pawtucket Armory Arts Center.

The armory was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Historic Resources of Pawtucket (PDF pages 99-101)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-11-18.


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