The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-06-15
Description of ArmOry.

THE people of this part of the state
no less than the residents of
Scranton have reason to be proud
Of the magnificent armory which was
last night formally opened. 1t is one
of the finest armorics in the state and
combines to high degree beauty of
appearance with great utility. The
| style of architecture is especially
adapted to an armory having in a
general way ii fortress and castle ef-
| feet with battlemented towers that
lend grace and dignity to the front of
the structure. The base of the build
| ing is rough -hewn greystone. as is
also the trimming of the facade and
| the cappng of the turrets. The body
of the building is polished red brick.
and the blending of grey stone with it
makes very pretty combination The
armory has ii frontage of 16O feet on
Adams avenue and runs back the full
| length of the block to jefferson ave-
! nue..
! What is known as the adminStra-
| tion portion of the building has a
| frontage of 100 feet on Adams avenue
| running north from the corner Of
! Myrtle street. 1t is four stories high
and sixty feet deep. Back of this is
| the gigantic drill room. with it's un-
| broken cXpanse of asphalted floor.
| l46x2o6 feet and high arched ceiling.
| the pinnacle of which is on a level
with the top of the administration
| building. The building is largely of
stone. brick and steel and is as near
fire proof as possible.
In it's entirety the building is 3l6 feet
| in length. running, back along Myrtle
street to Jefferson avenue. The grade
at Adams and Myrtle street is thirty
| feet lower than at Jefferson. and while
| the drill room floor is fifteen feet be-
| low the grade of jefferson avenue.
| This has necessitated the construction
| of a passage along the side for half
block and also along the back of the
building. There is ten feet from the
retaining wall to the building and the
| wall is protected by an iron railing.
Midway in the block on Myrtle street,
the drill room floor is exactly at grade.
Here there is great gateway also
| flanked with towers with battlement-
ed tops and "A similar tower is at JEFF
ferson and Myrtle,
These towers are more than orna-
r1ents. The side walls of the building
project about three feet above the
along side of this wall is a walk where
| soldiers can patrol from one tower to
another. Should it ever become neces-
done very successfully.
The feature of the Adams avenue
front is the main entrance. Entering
the lobby you can proceed up broad
flights of stair to the drill room floor
and go right ahead. on the Adams
avenue ground floor is the gymnasium
56Ne4 feet swimming tank. shower baths,
toilet rooms, These are on the Myrtle
street side of the building. On the
other side is the rifle range of 100
yards, with waiting room for mark
men. The targets will he at the JEFF
ferson avenue end of the building, be-
low ground,
ON this floor, also. will be field
equipment room for each of the eight
companies and regimental headquart-
ers. There will also he rooms for the
commissioned staff, regimental
quarteImaster. armourer, janitor and
inspector of rifle practice.
Two wide slairways of iron and slate
lead to the second or drill room floor.
They open on to corridor eight feet
eight inches wide, and across the cor
r!dor is an entrance seventeen feet
wide, leading to the drill room which
has an area of about 1886 feet in the
clear
In the adminlstratio portion of the
building on this floor are eight COM
pany rooms and eight equipment
rooms, which open directly into the
drill room. The equipment rooms are
lIXls.
At either end of the drill room the
floor of which is asphalted. are two
galleries. One at the jefferson and
one at the Adams avenue end of the
room. The roof of The drill room is
sustained by great structural curved
arches, five feet thick, which begin
down below the level of the drill room
lloor
Besides the entrance. seventeen feet
wide, leading toward the front of the
building there is the gateway. fourteen
feet wide on Myrtle street and two
doors that will open into the passage
way at jefferson avenue, The gallery
AZ the jefferson avenue end will dis