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Contract Let for New 369th Infantry Armory Addition

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Contract Let For New 369th Infantry Armory Addition The C. and W. Construction Company, Inc., has been awarded the contract for the construction of the new addition to the 369th Infantry Armory, which will face Fifth a avenue, from 142nd to 143rd street, and which will run back 475 feet. When bids were opened at City Hall last week it was found that this company had submitted the lowest bid, $724,- 000, out of a field of 12 bidders. The bids for steam heating, plumbing and electircal work will make the cost of the addition well over $800,000. Work on the new addition will be started immediately. With the completion of this addition, the 369th Infantry will have o one of the largest and finest armories in the state. The present drill shed and| the new addition will have cost more than $2,000,000 when completed. The Fifth avenue addition will be called the headquarters building and will be five stories high. It will be built around a central court, 75x100 feet and the front will set back 4t feet from the building line. The plot in front of the building will be landscaped and a memorial flag to the members of the regiment killed in the world war stand in the center. On the ground floor of the building will be quarters for the adjutant, personnel officer, the medical corps, a reception room, squad drill room. armorers quarters and officers' mess. The colonel will have a private suite on the top floor and each company will have a room on the other floors. These rooms will be 20 feet high and will have private showers, lockers, etc. The building also have an auditorium that will accommodate 600. John S. Van Wart of Van Wart and Wein is the architect.
Article from 21 Mar 1931The New York Age(New York, NY)
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