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SUMMARY:Water Shops at the Springfield Armory (A Historical Architecture Tour)
DESCRIPTION:Explore the historic Water Shops at the Springfield Armory\, with Springfield Armory tour guide Carl Steele. \n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a walking tour of the historic Water Shops at the Springfield Armory\, with Springfield Armory National Historic Site staff member and tour guide Carl Steele. Learn about the unique architecture around the green and what the buildings were used for when the Armory was in operation. This is a free tour\, but please sign up here. Sign up through this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/water-shops-at-the-springfield-armory-a-historical-architecture-tour-tickets-1985865511202?aff=erellivmlt \nThis is your opportunity to visit the Springfield Armory National Historic Site that commemorates the role of the nation’s first armory by preserving and interpreting the world’s largest historic U.S. military small arms collection\, along with historic archives\, buildings and landscape. Learn more about the Armory at: https://www.nps.gov/spar \nSecond Saturday Tours explore historic Springfield. The series is co-presented by the Springfield Preservation Trust\, Springfield Museums\, and Springfield Libraries—and is generously sponsored by the Springfield Cultural Council and Mass Cultural Council. This specific tour\, offered for free\, is made possible through funding provided by the American Alliance of Museums and National Park Service. \nAbout the Water Shops \nThe U.S. federal government built the Water Shops facility between 1857 and 1940 for heavy manufacturing for the Armory Hill Shops on State Street. The large facility closed in 1968 and was sold to private ownership. The front of the complex was severely damaged by fire in the late 1980s and its upper floors were removed. The complex was also damaged by the 2011 tornado. Marginally in use\, the buildings continue to deteriorate. \nAbout the Springfield Preservation Trust \nFounded in 1972\, the Springfield Preservation Trust strives to preserve and protect properties in Springfield that have architectural or historic significance. As the only non-profit\, non-government advocacy group for historic preservation in Springfield\, the Trust will continue to be the voice of preservation into the future. Learn more at springfieldpreservation.org.
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