Hyannis Armory
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The Hyannis Armory is located at 225 South Street, Hyannis, Massachusetts
. The armory
was built in 1958. The armory hosted Battery D of the 685th AAA
Machine Gun Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. President-elect John F. Kennedy
gave his victory speech at the Hyannis Armory on Nov. 9, 1960. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places
.
The site is now being talked about as a place to put a new performing arts center, which would be the second for the town, the first being at Barnstable High School
. This facility has no running water inside of its confines and no gas heating. The Sturgis Charter School's basketball team practices within the facility and the lack of heat has sometimes led to temperatures inside being colder than those outside. The plan to tear down the facility and replace it was shelved when the economy collapsed in 2008.
Hyannis, Massachusetts
Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Also it is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. Because of this, many refer to Hyannis as the "Capital of the Cape"...
. The armory
Armory (military)
An armory or armoury is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, issued to authorized users, or any combination of those...
was built in 1958. The armory hosted Battery D of the 685th AAA
Anti-aircraft warfare
NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...
Machine Gun Battalion of the Massachusetts Army National Guard. President-elect John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
gave his victory speech at the Hyannis Armory on Nov. 9, 1960. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
.
The site is now being talked about as a place to put a new performing arts center, which would be the second for the town, the first being at Barnstable High School
Barnstable High School
Barnstable High School is a public high school in the village of Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA, Town of Barnstable. It is the largest high school in Barnstable County on Cape Cod. It is divided into 5 "houses", described as "schools within a school". In the 2010–2011 school year, it had...
. This facility has no running water inside of its confines and no gas heating. The Sturgis Charter School's basketball team practices within the facility and the lack of heat has sometimes led to temperatures inside being colder than those outside. The plan to tear down the facility and replace it was shelved when the economy collapsed in 2008.