13th Regiment Armory
| 13th Regiment Armory | |
|---|---|
Pamoja House Entrance, July 2018 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Armory |
| Address | 357 Marcus Garvey Blvd |
| Town or city | Brooklyn, New York |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 40°41′06″N 73°56′15″W / 40.68500°N 73.93750°W |
| Current tenants | Pamoja House |
| Construction started | 1892 |
| Completed | 1894 |
| Opened | April 23, 1894 |
| Cost | $25,439,615 |
| Owner | New York City Department of Homeless Services |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Rudolphe L. Daus |
The 13th Regiment Armory is a historic armory designed by architect Rudolph L. Daus and built in 1892–1894. It is located at 357 Marcus Garvey Boulevard (also known as Sumner Avenue) between Putnam and Jefferson Avenues in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.
The armory building is currently used as the Pamoja House (also known as Sumner House Shelter Care Center for Men), a homeless shelter for men managed by Black Veterans for Social Justice, Inc. and supervised by the New York City Department of Homeless Services. The Pamoja House is named for the Swahili word for "together".
The armory's design is expansive yet austere. According to Francis Morrone, "Something, perhaps the busy-ness or a greater stridency in the machicolations, makes this armory seem more forbidding than the 23rd Regiment's which is actually rather jolly."