On the south is a public baseball complex and an area with retail shops that fronts 29th Street.
It contains the Adjutant General's Public Affairs Office and is known as the Kansas State Defense Complex.
[2][3] [4] The armory contains much military equipment and supplies used by Kansas National Guard units.
Since Nickell Memorial Armory is a military installation, access points to it are controlled.
The only public entrance is on its southeast corner, on Kansas Avenue, where the headquarters building of the armory is located.