WPA Project Number 27: Fifth Regiment Armory

ID: 2140 ~ Source: Digital Maryland/Enoch Pratt Free Library ~ Creator: Works Progress Administration ~ Date: c. 1935
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WPA Project Number 27: Fifth Regiment Armory

A car parked by the Preston Street entrance to the Fifth Regiment Armory.

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By The Explore Baltimore Heritage team
With thick buttresses, parapets, a crenelated roof-line, and a steel roof, the enormous 5th Regiment Armory has served as an imposing landmark between Bolton Hill and Mount Vernon since 1901. The building was designed by architects Wyatt and Nolting…