Kingston Armory

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Kingston Armory is a historic National Guard armory located at 280 Market Street in Kingston, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1923, and is a three-story, "U"-shaped yellow brick building executed in the Classical Revival style. It is 13 bays by 20 bays, and includes a drill hall, classrooms, offices, storage, and stable areas.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

It was first used as a boxing venue in 1929, and was originally referred to as the 109th Regiment Armory, the regiment associated with it. It was also referred to as the West Side Armory, as it was across the Susquehanna river and adjacent to the west of the larger Wilkes-Barre, and it's Armory, commonly referred to as the South Main Street Armory.