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What is now the 7th New York Militia Regiment (nicknamed the "Silk Stocking Regiment" because of its members' affluence [10] [129]) was established in 1806 [130] [131] as the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th companies. [132] The battalion was renamed several times before becoming the 7th Regiment of Infantry, New York State Militia, in 1847.
(71st) Seventy-first New York Volunteers / Park Avenue Armory (1904–1906) 7 – Park Avenue (between East 33rd and East 34th streets), Midtown South (42nd) Forty-Second Division / West 14th Street Armory (1971) 5 – 125 West 14th Street (between Sixth Avenue and Seventh Avenue), Chelsea
List of units stationed at the Squadron A Armory [5] Unit(s) stationed Years Troop A 1889–1894 Squadron A (Troops 1 and 2) 1895 Squadron A (Troops 1, 2, and 3) 1896-1897 Troop A, New York Volunteer Cavalry Spanish American War Squadron A (Troops 1, 2, and 3) 1899–1906 Squadron A (Troops 1, 2, 3, and 4) 1907–1910 1st Cavalry (1st Squadron ...
The 369th Regiment Armory is a historic National Guard Armory building located at 2366 Fifth Avenue, between West 142nd and 143rd Streets, in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. It was built for the 369th Regiment , also known as the "Harlem Hellfighters", founded in 1913 as the first National Guard unit in New York State composed solely of ...
[90] [91] New York's field artillery was divided into two regiments in January 1913; the First Regiment of the First Field Artillery, was headquartered at 56 West 66th Street. [92] Battery B, part of the First Battalion of the First Regiment, was established at the 66th Street Armory in May 1913. [ 93 ]
The building currently houses the offices of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, City Parks Foundation, Historic House Trust, and the nearby Central Park Zoo as well as an art gallery known as the Arsenal Gallery, but it has also served as a zoo, a police precinct and a weather bureau and housed the American Museum of Natural ...
The 14th Regiment of the New York State Militia, organized in the 1840s, [3] [4] was the United States' most active state militia by the late 19th century. [5] Nicknamed the "Fighting Fourteenth" and the "Red-Legged Devils", [4] [6] the 14th Regiment participated in numerous battles during the American Civil War. [7]
The structure was originally built for the 23rd Regiment of the New York State Militia. Since the 1980s, it has been in use as a men's homeless shelter, though in the 2010s, there were plans to redevelop the armory. The building was designated a New York City landmark in 1977, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...