MassachusettsA contributing property in the Springfield Armory National Historic Site, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. A National Historic Landmark comprising Armory Square, the fifty-four-acre hilltop administrative core of the Springfield Armory, the federal arsenal formally established in 1794. Arranged around an 8.75-acre parade ground, the complex holds nearly thirty brick buildings, mostly in a restrained functional idiom with Greek Revival and Federal detailing, ranging in date from the 1807 West Arsenal through World War II, unified by consistent scale, white trim, slate roofs, and a mid-19th-century iron fence. The Armory served the American Revolution as a supply depot, was the target of Shays' Rebellion in 1787, pioneered the interchangeability of parts, and for decades was the nation's principal manufacturer of military small arms. It is significant in military and industrial history and as the best-preserved administrative center of a major arsenal that reached its greatest growth in the first half of the 19th century.
Springfield Armory - Master Armorer's Quarters
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Springfield Armory - Master Armorer's Quarters is a landmark in Springfield, Hampden County. It is one of 3,654 landmarks documented in Hampden County, among 3,815 historic sites cataloged across the county on MassRoam.
The site sits at 42.1087, -72.5822 near Springfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Springfield Technical Community College - Scibelli Hall (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Springfield Armory - Commanding Officer's Garage, Springfield Armory Building #32 - Armory Workshop, and Springfield Armory - Flagstone Walkway.
This record is drawn from public historical records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The master armorer supervised the technical side of gun-making at the national armory, and this Greek Revival house was put up for him in 1833 immediately north of where the Main Arsenal would rise. Around 1880 it was rolled roughly 300 feet north, rotated, and set down on the opposite side of the street. Over the armory's remaining ninety years it did duty as an infirmary and as officers' quarters, lost its rear section by about 1900, and was remodeled by the WPA in 1937. It now stands within Springfield Armory National Historic Site.
Sources: hmdb.orgnpshistory.com
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