5 Ways to Redevelop a Vacant Armory

Reprinted from www.opportunityspace.org

beautiful Cranston Street Armory in Providence, RI.

Armories in the United States were built in the 19th and 20th centuries by local and state militias to store weapons and to train volunteer soldiers. Armories typically have a large interior space that was used for drills and rooms used for weapons storage and administrative offices. With the reorganization of many local and state militia groups under the federal National Guard, today armories in their original form are typically vacant or underutilized.

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