Foreword
by Governor George E. Pataki
Foreword
by Commissioner Bernadette Castro
Foreword
by Major General Joseph J. Taluto
Acknowledgments
Introduction
A Brief Overview of the History of the New York Army National Guard
A Brief Overview of the Arsenal as a Building Type
A Brief Overview of the Armory as a Building Type
A Brief Glossary of Architectural Terms
A Brief Overview of the Arrangement of the Book
1. History of the Army National Guard Colonial Era to the War of 1812
The Antebellum Era
Mid-nineteenth-century Changes in the New York Militia
The Civil War and the Draft Riots of July 1863
Post–Civil War Era: Labor-Capital Conflict
Press Coverage: The National Guard and Labor Disputes
Early 1880s to Late 1890s: Camp Smith, the Consolidation Act of 1882 and the Armory Law of 1884
1900 to World War II
Post–World War II History of the National Guard
2. Arsenals and Armories Built in New York State during the Republican, Antebellum and Civil War Eras Earliest Armories and Arsenals to the 1830s
Arsenals and Armories in New York City from the 1840s to the Early 1860s
The State’s 1858 Arsenal Building Program
3. Armories Built in New York City during the 1870s and in Upstate New York during the 1870s and 1880s
4. The Seventh Regiment Armory Early Nineteenth-century History of the Regiment
The Regiment during the Civil War and Gilded Age
The Seventh Regiment during the Twentieth Century
Earlier Homes of the Seventh
5. Armories Built in Brooklyn and Manhattan during the 1880s and 1890s
6. Upstate Armories Designed by Isaac G. Perry between 1888 and 1899 Architectural Features
Ceremonies and Press Coverage
7. Armories Built in New York City between 1900 and World War I Noncastellated-style Armories in New York City: 1900 to World War I
Castellated-style Armories in New York City: 1900 to World War I
8. Armories Built in Upstate New York between 1900 and World War I New York’s Office of the State Architect
The Motivation behind Armory Construction between 1900 and World War I
The Architectural Design and Decoration of Armories by Heins, Ware and Pilcher
9. Armories Built in New York State between World War I and World War II Hiatus in Armory Building: 1920s
The Armory as Civic Center
William E. Haugaard: 1930s
New York City Armories: 1930s
Funding for Armories: The PWA and WPA Programs
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix I Arsenals and Armories by Location
Appendix II Notes on Architects and Architectural Firms
Index