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Images- Park Slope, Brooklyn 14th Regiment Armory, N.Y National Guard Landmark |
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architect |
William A. Mundell. |
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location |
1402 Eighth Ave., bet. 14th and 15th Sts. W side. |
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date |
1895. |
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style |
Romanesque Revival |
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type |
Government |
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construction |
brick |
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Picturesque
massing, including battered walls, machicolations, and other heroic brick
detailing, makes this a special event among the rows of brownstones. Here
stands a tower where boiling oil might be poured on mythical attackers.
The statue of the doughboy remembers World War I (1923, Anton Scaaf). |
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| with thanks to "The AIA Guide to New York", | |