Blues Armory

Housing the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, the castle-like structure originally served multiple purposes, with a food market on the ground floor and a drill hall for the National Guard of the United States on the top floor.The Richmond Spiders played their home basketball games at the site for a period of time.[3] In 1985, the ground floor was converted to retail and restaurant space, part of the 6th Street Marketplace.The composite steel-reinforced structure is clad with brick and heavily rusticated stone masonry.A 1968 reorganization of the National Guard disestablished the Blues and the armory fell into disuse.

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