Some historic buildings here including the New Bedford armoury
Today I will share a post about the New Bedford Armoury, an eye-catching building for sure.
With the early sunrise, I have often finished my first photo walk of the day, and it's still fairly early so I have been heading to catch some historic buildings in the area, which leads to today's post
I was actually looking to find a historic house in the area that I had read about, but had not luck with that and happened to walk and see this in the distance, so I walked and took a few shots of it.
I did find a couple of cool historic properties nearby and will share them at the end of the post
You can’t mistake those iconic castle-like towers if you live here in New Bedford . Whether you drive past it every day or you're just admiring the historic brickwork, the New Bedford Armory is a true local landmark. Grabbed a few shots of this beauty today!
Built in 1904, the old National Guard Armory at 5 Sycamore Street is one of only two remaining structures of its kind left in Massachusetts.
The stunning, castle-like building anchors itself to the street corner with its massive granite towers, hiding a giant 12,000+ square foot drill hall just behind it. It’s impossible not to stop and admire the incredible craftsmanship of this century-old landmark.
I think I heard there is talk of converting it into an apartment building.
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Another angle
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and yet another
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and last shot of it
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Now onto the other buildings I mentioned, this is 1049 Pleasant Street, just down the road from the armoury.
It was constructed around 1900, and For much of its early history, the well-built structure served as a meeting hall and headquarters for the local Knights of Columbus
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The complex was thoroughly remodeled into 10 two-bedroom, townhouse-style market-rate luxury apartments.
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and this building also caught my eye, and I managed to get a bit of info on its history
The Home of Sylvia Ann Howland and later Hetty Howland Robinson
Hetty Green also lived there, She was known as the Queen of Wall Street and later on the Witch of Wall Street and they made a movie about her of the same name.
Later, Nuns lived there, and at one stage it was an orphange
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And that’s all folks
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