1861 – Volunteer Drill Hall, Bradford, Yorkshire
From The Building News: “THE accompanying is a view of the drill-room about to be built for the Sth West York Rifle Volunteers at Bradford,
From The Building News: “THE accompanying is a view of the drill-room about to be built for the Sth West York Rifle Volunteers at Bradford,
Published in the American Architect and Building News,
In the late 1800s, the federal government realized that they needed to provide their volunteer soldiers with centralized locations for training,
Designed in a weighty Romanesque Revival Style and built of red rough faced sandstone.
The Canadian government constructed many drill halls between 1896 and 1918 to house the regional headquarters of the Active Volunteer Militia.
Originally known as the McGregor Armoury,
In the early part of the twentieth century,
The building was built between 1915 and 1918 for an original cost of $282,051 Canadian dollars.
The home of The Saskatchewan Dragoons,
Regina Armoury’s restrained ornamentation,