Seventh Regiment Armory

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The Seventh Regiment Armory located at 643 Park Avenue, New York, New York is a historic brick building that fills an entire city block on New York City's upper east side. The building was designed by architect Charles Clinton in the Gothic Revival style and dedicated in 1880. It originally served as the headquarters and administrative building for the Army's Seventh Regiment, known as the Silk Stocking Regiment due to its disproportionate number of social elites. The building is known for detailed interior rooms that are furnished with ornamental woodwork, marble and stained glass.

The main facade of the administration building faces Park Avenue between 66th & 67th Streets, with the large vaulted space for the drill hall in the center of the block. The administration building has provisions for a reception room, a library, veterans room and staff offices for ten regimental companies. Noted architects and inteior desingers of the Victorian Era were commissioned to furnish the rooms and company quarters. The library is known as the Silver Room or "Trophy Room" and was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany who worked with architect Stanford White as a consultant on the project. The masterpiece of the armory building is the Veterans Room, now called the Tiffany Room, with hand carved wood panelling and coffered ceiling.

The building currently houses the 107th Corps Support Group of the New York Army National Guard, as well as renting its space for business and social events. After 9/11 it was temporarly converted into a support center for the victims and the families of the terrorist attacks. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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• Tourist Profile cityguide.aol.com
• Seventh Regiment Armory, 643 Park Avenue Images and data pages - Historic American Building Survey (HABS)