Lawrence Light Guard Armory

Lawrence Light Guard Armory
Location Medford, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°25′7″N 71°6′47″W / 42.41861°N 71.11306°WCoordinates: 42°25′7″N 71°6′47″W / 42.41861°N 71.11306°W
Built 1900
Architect Shepley,Rutan & Coolidge
Architectural style Other, Romanesque
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

75000277

[1]
Added to NRHP March 10, 1975

The Lawrence Light Guard Armory is a historic armory building at 92 High Street in Medford, Massachusetts. The three-story granite and brick building was built in 1891 to a design by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge. The Romanesque Revival building has massive granite quoins on the corners, a granite course between the first and second floors, and granite lintel sections above its windows. The entrance, centered on the north facade, is flanked by round turrets with crenellated tops.[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
  2. "MACRIS inventory record for Lawrence Light Guard Armory". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved 2014-02-27.