The Red Bank Armory is a former
armory located at 76 Chestnut Street in
Red Bank, New Jersey
Red Bank is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Incorporated in 1908, the community is on the Navesink River, the area's original transportation route to the ocean and other ports. Red Bank is in the New York Metropolitan ...
that has been converted to
ice rink
An ice rink (or ice skating rink) is a frozen body of water and/or an artificial sheet of ice created using hardened chemicals where people can ice skate or play winter sports. Ice rinks are also used for exhibitions, contests and ice shows. The ...
.
The armory was built in 1914 for Troop B of the
National Guard's Red Bank Cavalry and featured a 100x144-foot
equestrian
The word equestrian is a reference to equestrianism, or horseback riding, derived from Latin ' and ', "horse".
Horseback riding (or Riding in British English)
Examples of this are:
*Equestrian sports
*Equestrian order, one of the upper classes in ...
riding hall
A riding hall, indoor arena, indoor school (UK English), or indoor ring (US English) is a building (part of an equestrian facility) that is specially designed for indoor horse riding. Smaller, private buildings contain only space for riding, wh ...
.
By the 1950s, it was used to store old tanks.
In 1998 Armory was converted to an ice rink,
[ and is home to the Red Bank Generals, members of the New Jersey Youth Hockey League. ]
See also
*New Jersey National Guard
The New Jersey Army National Guard consists of more than 6,000 Citizen-Soldiers. The New Jersey Army National Guard is currently engaged in multiple worldwide and homeland missions. Units have deployed to Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, Germ ...
* National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey
*High school ice hockey in New Jersey
Ice Hockey is currently played by approximately 161 high school varsity teams in NJ. Teams are divided into conferences: the Gordon Conference, Big North Conference, New Jersey Ice Hockey League, Morris County Secondary School Ice Hockey League, U ...
*Atlantic City Armory Atlantic City Armory is an armory at 1008 Absecon Boulevard in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
For the 1944 season the New York Yankees held spring training in Atlantic City. They made the 300-room Senator Hotel their headquarters, trained indoors a ...
*Jersey City Armory
The Jersey City Armory is located at 678 Montgomery Street near McGinley Square in Jersey City, New Jersey. In addition to being a military training and mustering facility of the New Jersey National Guard (New Jersey National Guard 2/113 Infantry ...
References
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External links
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Red Bank, New Jersey
Armories in New Jersey
Sports venues in New Jersey
Buildings and structures in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Tourist attractions in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Ice hockey in New Jersey
Indoor ice hockey venues in the United States
1914 establishments in New Jersey
Sports venues completed in 1998