Jersey City Armory

Jersey City Armory
678 Montgomery Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
Facade on Montgomery Street from corner of Summit Avenue[1]
TypeArmory
Site information
Controlled byNew Jersey National Guard
Site history
Built1934–1936[2]
ArchitectKelly & Gruzen
In use1937–present
MaterialsGranite and brick[3]

The Jersey City Armory is an armory for the U.S. Army National Guard at 678 Montgomery Street in the McGinley Square neighborhood in Jersey City, New Jersey. Completed in 1937, the armory was designed by chief architect General Hugh A. Kelly of the Jersey City firm of Kelly and Gruzen in the Beaux-Arts style.[3] In addition to being a military training and mustering facility of the New Jersey National Guard (New Jersey National Guard 2/113 Infantry 250 Jersey City), the WPA era armory has long been used as a sports arena, particularly for boxing, basketball, and track and field events, and more recently mixed martial arts.

Under the auspices of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, the armory is leased to the city for community and political events and extracurricular sports programs. It has also been used as a film studio.

  1. ^ "NJ National Guard Armory". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  2. ^ "NEW JERSEY NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY – JERSEY CITY NJ". livingnewdeal.org. Archived from the original on April 21, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "New Jersey National Guard Armory". njcu.libguides.com. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved April 16, 2024.