Central Armory, ca. 1900

ID: 7166 | This file appears in: The Industrial Exposition of 1909
Central Armory, ca. 1900
Central Armory was built in 1893 at Lakeside Avenue and East 6th Street opposite the present-day City Hall. Built by the county to stock units of the National Guard, it was also used for public events including the Industrial Exposition of 1909 and speeches by Charles Evans Hughes during his 1916 presidential campaign. Its 122-foot width was covered by six arched plate girders, with a balcony suspended from the girders by iron rods. The exterior was constructed of stone in a castellated Gothic style copied from fortress-like medieval Italian municipal buildings. The Central Armory was demolished in 1965 and the site is now occupied by the Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Office Building, a key component of the Erieview urban renewal project and named after Cleveland's 49th mayor, who went on to serve as United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and a federal appeals judge.
| Creator: A. C. Bosselman and Co. | Date: Ca. 1900 | Source: Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections
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A. C. Bosselman and Co.

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Cleveland Memory Project, Cleveland State University Library Special Collections

Date

Ca. 1900
"Central Armory, ca. 1900" appears in: The Industrial Exposition of 1909