People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1894 — ARMORY OF FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, I. N. G., CHICAGO. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ARMORY OF FIRST REGIMENT OF INFANTRY, I. N. G., CHICAGO.

rv,c.F' irSt^?. 11 V n 1 ? 89 "S° Qt a cost of 8225.000, with an additional SIOO,OOO spent in furnishinrs rebuilt end just completed on practically the .lune plans.' batldlnK is 175x164 feet, inside measurement, and 90 feet high. It is built of brc sn granite and red pressed brick, the massive granite wall, ten feet thick, extending upwaro without a mawsn thQ la . r se doorway on Michigan avenue, to a height of forty-five feet. The TCnded frnm?hnrn^ St mH en » tlrebUll< J lnsrSpa . CO, “ n ? f the I roo ' ns beiug on four balconies susit the of ’ Tl ? e basement contains twelve rifle ranges, twelve bathrooms, eight ? yS ‘ an ars l enal \ and beating and lighting plant. The building is lighted in the dayskylight, and at night by innumerable gas and electric lights. It was fory ’ Oct °ber 9. by a grand military ball, at which distinguished civil and military guests from all parts of the country were present*