Dixie Bibb Graves Armory (former) – Montgomery AL

City:
Montgomery, AL

Site Type:
Military and Public Safety, Armories

New Deal Agencies:
Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs

Completed:
1935

Designer:
Earl G. Lutz

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) built the Dixie Bibb Graves Armory in Montgomery in 1935. The structure was named after Dixie Graves, the first female senator to represent Alabama, and wife of Governor Bibb Graves. A WPA grant for the armory was secured through the lobbying of Governor Bibb Graves, Mayor Bill Gunter, and Alabama Senator Hugo Black. Today the structure serves as the Armory Learning Arts Center. The armory was designed in “Streamline Modern Style” and followed a plan produced by architect Earl G. Lutz, which served as a basic plan prototype for all thirty-six armories built in Alabama.

Source notes

Armory Learning Arts Center, (https://exploringmontgomery.com/armory-learning-arts-center/), accessed November 8, 2017.

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, 2005, (https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/nrhp/text/05000842.pdf), accessed November 8, 2017.

Site originally submitted by Brent McKee on November 9, 2017.

Location Info


1018 Madison Avenue
Montgomery, AL 36104

Coordinates: 32.379908, -86.294482

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One comment on “Dixie Bibb Graves Armory (former) – Montgomery AL

  1. Larry Sanchez

    Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys performed there, regularly, for awhile.

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    Hank Williams and his Drifting Cowboys performed there, regularly, for awhile.

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