Medina Armory
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Medina Armory
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South elevation and east profile, 2010
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| Location | Medina, NY |
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| Nearest city | Lockport |
| Coordinates | 43°13′19″N 78°23′32″W / 43.22194°N 78.39222°WCoordinates: 43°13′19″N 78°23′32″W / 43.22194°N 78.39222°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (4,500 m2). |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architect | George L. Heins |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian, Castellated Style |
| MPS | Army National Guard Armories in New York State MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 95000399 |
| Added to NRHP | April 13, 1995 |
The Medina Armory is located on Pearl Street in Medina, New York, United States. It is a large stone building constructed at the beginning of the 20th century.
State architect George Heins designed it for what was at the time the 29th Separate Company of the New York Army National Guard. It was his first armory for the state. The 29th was later absorbed into other New York-based Guard and Reserve units. After closing in 1977, it is now the local YMCA. In 1995 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with other New York armories.
The armory is located on a 1.1-acre (4,500 m2) lot that takes up the eastern half of the block formed by Lee Place, Pearl Street and Prospect Avenue (NY 63) a few blocks northeast of downtown Medina. The surrounding properties are all residential, with the exception of a large former school building to the west on Catherine Street. The terrain is level.
The building itself is a two-story structure of Medina sandstone laid in a random ashlar pattern with a raised foundation. It consists of two sections: the main administration building, facing south to Prospect Street, and an attached drill shed on the north. A modern flat-roofed garage is attached to the northeast of the drill shed, projecting eastward. The southeast portion of the lot is given over to a large lawn with some planted shrubs surrounding the flagpole.
In the center of the south (front) facade of the administration building is the projecting entrance pavilion. On either side two engaged octagonal towers rise to crenelated parapets. The entrance itself is a recessed segmental arched sally port with a pair of paneled oak doors below a tripartite transom. Stepped gabled ends project from the hipped roof shingled in asphalt with standing seam metal. The tall, narrow windows have iron grilles on the first story, matched in the rectangular basement windows.
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