Lost Hutchinson: Armory Building

The popular Armory Building in downtown Hutchinson was built for $60,000 in 1923 and 1924. It sported a World War 1 cannon out front and was built from Hutchinson brick. Its auditrium has a hint of the Moderne Bauhaus style. The interior photo shot from the stage during a Gopher Campfire banquet shows the band and a reported 1,500 attendees.

Constructed: Aug. 31, 1923 to Jan. 15, 1924

Location: Corner of First Avenue West and Franklin Street.

Architecture: The auditorium has a hint of the Moderne Bauhaus style. Its architect was Clarence Brown of Kenyon, Maine and Brown. The office was in the Essex Building in Minneapolis.

Torn down: March 30, 1983

The Armory Building above is part of a 20-week series of Lost Hutchinson buildings. Watch the Tuesday print edition for more information about the Armory Building. If any readers have other photos, renderings or information about this building, please post them here or send them to: Hutchinson Leader, 36 Washington Ave. W., Hutchinson, MN 55350.

A collection of information published in the Lost Hutchinson series as well as reader submitted photos and remembrances will be published in a magazine later this year.

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