New York - New York County - Vacant / Not In Use
New York County New York (Vacant / Not In Use) has 38 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 8 places of National significance and 10 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Coty Building, High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower, Minton's Playhouse, Municipal Asphalt Plant and Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the New York County places including McKim,Mead, & White, John B. Jervis, Charles B. Meyers, Kahn & Jacobs, Rene Lalique, Woodruff Lemming, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, James Renwick Jr., Whitfield & King and Alexander Jackson Davis. Prominent architectural styles found in New York Country are Beaux Arts, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals and Renaissance.

Association Residence Nursing Home (added 1975 - - #75001201)
Also known as Association for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Fema
891 Amsterdam Ave. , New York
Smallbones, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hunt,Richard Morris
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Blackwell House (added 1972 - - #72000862)
Welfare Island , New York
Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Building at 712 Fifth Ave. (added 1985 - - #85003626)
Also known as Rizzoli Building
712 Fifth Ave. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gottlieb,Albert S.
Architectural Style:
Other, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Candler Building (added 1982 - - #82003368)
220 42nd St. and 221 41st St. , New York
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Willauer,Shape,& Bready
Architectural Style:
Skyscraper
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Chapel of the Good Shepherd (added 1972 - - #72000865)
Welfare Island , New York
Pharos, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Withers,Frederick Clarke
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Christodora House (added 1986 - - #86000486)
147 Ave. B , New York
Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Civic, Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
City Hospital (added 1972 - - #72000868)
Also known as Island Hospital;Charity Hospital
Welfare Island , New York
KudzuVine, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Renwick,James,Jr.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Coty Building (added 1985 - - #85003625)
714 Fifth Ave. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lemming,Woodruff, Lalique,Rene
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Art, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club (added 2007 - - #07000867)
23 and 25-33 W. 39th St., 28,32-34 and 36 W. 40th St. , New York
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hale & Morse, Whitfield & King
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Clubhouse, Library, Multiple Dwelling, Organizational, Professional
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling
First Police Precinct Station House (added 1982 - - #82001193)
South St. and Old Slip , New York
Jim.henderson, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hunt & Hunt
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Former New York Life Insurance Company Building (added 1982 - - #82003376)
Also known as Building at 346 Broadway
346 Broadway , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim, Mead,& White, Hatch,Stephen D.
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Former Police Headquarters Building (added 1980 - - #80002690)
240 Centre St. , New York
Epicsunwarrior, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hoppin,Koen & Huntington
Architectural Style:
Other, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Correctional Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Gansevoort Market Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000487)
Roughly bounded by W 16th St., Ninth Ave., and Hudson St., Gansevoort St.; West St. and Eleventh Ave. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Behrens, Charles, et.al.
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Industry, Community Planning And Development, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling, Storage, Warehouse
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Processing, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse
Gilsey Hotel (added 1978 - - #78001872)
Also known as Gilsey House
1200 Broadway , New York
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Badger,Daniel, Hatch,Stephen D.
Architectural Style:
Second Empire
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Gouverneur Hospital (added 1982 - - #82001194)
621 Water St. , New York
Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thomas,John Rochester
Architectural Style:
Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower (added 1972 - - #72001560)
Harlem River at W. 170th St. and High Bridge Park , New York
Jim.henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jervis,John B.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Public Works, Water Works
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Music Facility
Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse (added 1979 - - #79003130)
Also known as The Little Red Lighthouse
Fort Washington Park , New York
Rotatebot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Engineering, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lighthouse (added 1972 - - #72000876)
Welfare Island , New York
Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Minton's Playhouse (added 1985 - - #85002423)
206--210 W. One Hundred Eighteenth St. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel, Music Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mount Morris Bank (added 1989 - - #89002087)
E. 125th St. and Park Ave. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lamb & Rich
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Financial Institution
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mount Neboh Synagogue (added 1984 - - #84003948)
130 W. Seventy-ninth St. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Schneider,Walter S.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Municipal Asphalt Plant (added 1980 - - #80002702)
Between 90th and 91st Sts. , New York
Jim.henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Kahn & Jacobs
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Park
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Octagon, The (added 1972 - - #72000880)
Also known as Part of the former Metropolitan Hospital;formerly New York C
Welfare Island , New York
Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Davis,Alexander Jackson
Architectural Style:
Octagon Mode
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Hospital
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Pier 57 (added 2004 - - #04000821)
Eleventh Ave. at end of W. 15th St. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Praeger, Emil H., Madigan-Hyland
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related, Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Prince George Hotel (added 1999 - - #99000195)
10-20 E. 28th and 17-19 E. 27 Sts. , New York
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Murchison, Kenneth M., Greenley, Howard
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Entertainment/Recreation
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Public School 109 (added 2000 - - #00001159)
215 East 99th St. , New York
Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Snyder, Charles B.J.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Public School 157 (added 1982 - - #82003387)
327 St. Nicholas Ave. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Snyder,C.B.J.
Architectural Style:
Other, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Queensboro Bridge (added 1978 - - #78001879)
Also known as 59th Street Bridge
59th St. , New York
Johnny S., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hornbostel,Henry, Lindenthal,Gustav
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Pedestrian Related, Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
R & S Building (added 1986 - - #86002683)
492 First Ave. , New York
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim,Mead & White
Architectural Style:
Other, Renaissance
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Medical Business/Office
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Smallpox Hospital (added 1972 - - #72000881)
Also known as Riverside Hospital;Schuyler Hall of the Nurses' Home and Tra
Welfare Island , New York
Burpelson AFB, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Renwick,James,Jr.
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Health/Medicine
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1850-1874
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Health Care
Historic Sub-function:
Educational Related Housing, Hospital, School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Sofia Warehouse (added 1984 - - #84002801)
Also known as Kent Columbus Circle Garage
43 W. 61st St. , New York
Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jardine,Hill & Murdock
Architectural Style:
Art Deco
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Warehouse
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island (added 1966 - - #66000058)
Also known as Ellis Island;Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World
Liberty Island, New York Harbor , New York
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Bartholdi,Frederic Auguste, Multiple
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Art, European, Architecture, Engineering, Military, Social History
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Government, Health Care, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Fortification, Hospital, Work Of Art (Sculpture, Carving, Rock Art)
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Tenement Building at 97 Orchard Street (added 1992 - - #92000556)
Also known as Lower East Side Tenement Museum
97 Orchard St. , New York
Leoboudv, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
European, Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Recreation And Culture, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Museum
Tiffany and Company Building (added 1978 - - #78001886)
Also known as Tiffany Building
401 5th Ave. , New York
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
McKim,Mead, & White
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Restaurant
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business
Two Bridges Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000845)
Roughly bounded by E. Broadway, Market St., Cherry St., Catherine St., Madison St., and St. James Place , New York
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
et.al., Meyers, Charles B.
Architectural Style:
Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival
Area of Significance:
European, Social History, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
European
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799, 1700-1749, 1650-1699
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Cemetery, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Landscape, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Business, Cemetery, Multiple Dwelling, Parking Lot, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling
Van Tassell and Kearney Horse Auction Mart (added 2007 - - #07001233)
126--128 E 13th St. , New York
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jardine, Kent & Jardine
Architectural Style:
Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade
Historic Sub-function:
Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Webster Hotel (added 1984 - - #84002806)
40 W. 45th St. , New York
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Tracy & Swartwout
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress
West 147th--149th Streets Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000407)
Roughly bounded by Eighth Ave., W. 149th St., Seventh Ave., and W. 147th Ave. , New York
Americasroof, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Beaux Arts
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Social History
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Multiple Dwelling, Road-Related, School
Current Function:
Domestic, Transportation, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Garden, Multiple Dwelling
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