Armory Quotes

We looked all over town for a building and the real estate man told me that I might be able to buy this old National Guard armory building from the city. I talked to Mayor Williamson about is and she took it to the council and they okayed it. - Jimmy Pate

We had all the signs out for 'Save the Armory,' but that's all set away now. It's really very encouraging and it hasn't always been that way. - Bob Newman

These priceless artworks from the collection of their Armory Chamber provide insight into the extraordinary lives of the Moscow princes and tsars of Russia prior to the founding of St. Petersburg in the early 18th century. - Elizabeth Herridge

There were good crowds and it was something to be able to play at the Armory. We had some good games and we had a few fights. That was a long time ago. - Don Erickson

There is no weapon in the feminine armory to which men are so vulnerable as they are to a smile. - Dorothy Dix

There are two things we could do -- re-bid it or re-design it. It's the call of the agency. They'll make the decision on which way to go from an operational standpoint. The armory stands on it own as a building as far as we're concerned. Operationally, they may be able to accomplish that work somewhere else. - Dan Hart

The Explosive Safety Inspection occurs every two years and the previous inspection the Armory received 57 hits. It's an amazing accomplishment of the SUBASE Armory and the staff and how far we've come in the past two years. They really pulled together and stepped up to the way we took care of business. - Michael Carter

The building was home to the National Guard Armory until 1976 when plans to have a civic center in the community got under way as a special project between the mayor and city council. - Birgit Briggs