30th Separate Company Armory

{{Multiple image

| header = Elmira Armory

| align = right

| direction =

| total_width = 240

| perrow = 1/1

| image1= The Armory, E. Church St, Elmira New York.jpg

| caption1 = ca 1910

| image2= Elmira Armory, New York (1548315860).jpg

| caption2 = 2007

}}

The 30th Separate Company Armory, also known as the Elmira Armory, formerly located at 307 East Church Street in Elmira, New York, was built from 1886 to 1888. It was a contributing property of the Elmira Civic Historic District.{{cite web|author=Roger Gates Reed|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination:Elmira Civic Historic District|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1105|date=September 1979|access-date=2008-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401124502/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1105|archive-date=2012-04-01|url-status=dead}} and [http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1107 Accompanying 20 photos, from 1976] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401124510/http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=1107 |date=2012-04-01 }} The structure was designed by J. H. Pierce of the firm of Pierce & Bickford. Following decommissioning by the New York National Guard in the 1970s it was acquired by Chemung County and used as for offices and storage.{{cite book|last=Todd|first=Nancy L.|title=New York's historic armories: an illustrated history|year=2006|publisher=SUNY Press|location=Albany, NY|pages=100|isbn=9780791480991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0I7efjujcFQC&dq=National+Guard++New+York+Armory+elmira&pg=PA100}}

Collapse of facade and demolition

The building was used as an annex to Elmira City Hall until March 10, 2006, when the facade of the Armory building collapsed,[http://www.epic-contracting.com/epic.projects.pdf Project Name: Elmira Armory Demolition], Epic Contracting, Inc. during a major windstorm.[https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=14337092325606096398 City of Elmira v. Selective Ins. Co. of N.Y.], 921 N.Y.S.2d 662 (3d Div. 2011). In December 2010, a project to demolish the building was completed.

References

{{coord|42.091627|-76.80358|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=title}}

Category:Buildings and structures in Elmira, New York

Category:Armories in New York (state)

Category:Demolished buildings and structures in New York (state)

Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1888

Category:Historic district contributing properties in New York (state)

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Chemung County, New York

Category:Armories on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)