Armory Square

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Armory Square Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	S. Clinton, S. Franklin, Walton, W. Fayette, and W. Jefferson Sts., Syracuse, New York
Coordinates	43°2′49″N 76°9′18″W / 43.04694°N 76.15500°W / 43.04694; -76.15500
Built	1870
Architectural style	Moderne, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	84002816[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 1984

Armory Square is a small neighborhood on the west side of Downtown Syracuse, New York. It began life as a busy commercial and industrial area just to the west of the central city. After World War II, Syracuse's central city became less and less populated as more housing and business facilities were built in the suburbs. In the 1980s, plans were first made to transform the languishing district into a small shopping/arts/nightlife district surrounding the former Syracuse Armory. These plans came to fruition during the 1990s, when new stores and restaurants opened, and several new buildings were constructed in a compatible style to the middle and late 1800s and early 1900s architecture dominating the district.