First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry Armory
- Year
- 1900
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- Philadelphia, PA
Completed around 1900-01 for the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, this granite armory at 22-42 South 23rd Street was designed by Newman, Woodman & Harris in the Romanesque Revival style. The First Troop is the oldest cavalry unit in continuous existence, and its armory is the oldest military building in the United States still in active service.
the building
Granite armory. Built of granite and fronting Chestnut Avenue, the armory was designed to garrison the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, whose lineage as a continuously serving unit is unmatched in the country.
the style
The Romanesque Revival style, with its heavy masonry and round-arched forms, gave the armory a fortress-like presence suited to a military building.
More on Romanesque Revivalsignificance
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as part of a multiple property nomination of Pennsylvania National Guard armories; it holds the distinction of being the oldest military building still in service in the United States.
nearby
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia
- First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
- John C. Bell House
- United States Post Office-Main Branch
- Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia
- Cira Centre