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(7th) Seventh Regiment / Fifth Avenue / Central Park Arsenal (1848) 1 – (830) Fifth Avenue (at East 64th Street), Central Park [14] (7th) Seventh Regiment / Park Avenue / Lenox Hill Armory (1877–1879; 1909–1914 renovations) – 643 Park Avenue (between 66th Street and 67th Street), Lenox Hill [ 15 ]
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.
In 2018, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio proposed adding drop-off and pickup stands for Central Park's horse-drawn carriages at Grand Army Plaza, replacing an existing stand on Central Park South and 59th Street. [46] [200] Stands were added at two other locations, [46] and carriages began using the new stands in 2019.
Built between 1847 and 1851 as a storehouse for arms and ammunition for the New York State Militia, the building is the second-oldest extant structure that was constructed within Central Park, predating the park's construction. [1] Only the 1814 Blockhouse No. 1 is older.
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 69th Regiment Armory (also known as the 165th Infantry Armory and the Lexington Avenue Armory) is a historic armory for the U.S. Army National Guard at 68 Lexington Avenue, between East 25th and 26th Streets, in the Rose Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, United States.
Nirom Crane became lieutenant colonel of the 23rd New York (the “Southern Tier Rifles”) during the Civil War. Once the war ended he returned to banking in Hornell, served a year as Steuben ...
The First Battery Armory is at 56 West 66th Street, in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [2] [3] The building occupies the southern sidewalk of 66th Street between Central Park West to the east and Columbus Avenue to the west. [4]