Westerly Armory
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Westerly, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°22′55″N 71°49′40″W / 41.38194°N 71.82778°W / 41.38194; -71.82778
Built	1901
Architect	William R. Walker & Son; J. C. Walsh Company
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	96001322 [1]
Added to NRHP	November 7, 1996

The Westerly Armory is an historic National Guard armory building located on Railroad Avenue, west of downtown Westerly, Rhode Island.

History

The armory was built in 1901 to replace another destroyed armory. It was designed by William R. Walker & Son, a firm that designed several other armories and public buildings in Rhode Island during the late 19th and early 20th century. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in the fall of 1996.^[2] The "Armory serves presently as a museum of military and community memorabilia, a social and cultural center for the area, and home to the Westerly Band (oldest civic band in the country) and its historic library."^[3]

See also

• Cranston Street Armory
• Pawtucket Armory
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Rhode Island

References

External links

Media related to Westerly Armory at Wikimedia Commons

• The Historic Armories of Rhode Island
• Westerly Armory website

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