Blues Armory

Blues Armory
Year Built: Circa 1910
Architectural Style: Castellated
District: Court End/Downtown

Richmond was once home to five civic armories, built over a 30-year period beginning in the 1880s during the nation-wide armory construction movement. Our two remaining regimental armories are memorable examples of the massive urban armories erected nationwide from the 1870s to 1920s, with the Blues Armory an example of the evolving form of armories, featuring elements of both the earlier castellated fortress style and the later style of the more accessible community center.

The Blues Armory was designed by Averill and Hall and engineers Marshall and Marshall and built to serve as headquarters for the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, a voluntary militia created in 1789.

Want to learn more about armories in Richmond? Click here to read “A Tale of Two Armories.”
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