Fifth Regiment Armory is a historic National Guard armory

Armory (military)

An armory or armoury is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those...

 located at Baltimore

Baltimore

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, Maryland

Maryland

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, United States

United States

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. It is an imposing, fortress-type structure situated in midtown Baltimore. It consists of a full basement, a first floor containing a 200 foot by 300 foot drill hall

Drill hall

A drill hall is a place such as a building or a hangar where soldiers practice and perform military drill. In the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, the term was also used for the whole headquarters building of a military reserve unit, which usually incorporated such a hall...

, a mezzanine or "balcony" level, and a newer second level (reconstructed in 1933 after a fire) housing the trussed steel drill hall roof. The façade features buttress

Buttress

A buttress is an architectural structure built against or projecting from a wall which serves to support or reinforce the wall...

es, parapet

Parapet

A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony or other structure. Where extending above a roof, it may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a...

s, casement windows, and a crenellated roofline, giving the appearance of a medieval fortification. It was the site of the 1912 Democratic National Convention

1912 Democratic National Convention

The 1912 Democratic National Convention was held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore from June 25 to July 2, 1912. It proved to be one of the more memorable United States presidential conventions of the twentieth century. The main candidates were House Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and...

.

Fifth Regiment Armory was designed by architects Wyatt & Nolting

Wyatt & Nolting

Wyatt & Nolting was an architectural partnership of James Bosley Noel Wyatt and William G. Nolting .The partnership completed numerous works that are listed on the U.S...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1985.

External links

• Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore City, including photo from 1980, at Maryland Historical Trust
• Fifth Regiment Armory Baltimore, Maryland; Office of the Secretary of State of Maryland website