{"nrhp_refnum":"00001013","name":"Firemen's Hall","other_names":["College Point Little League Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"13-28 123rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"College Point","county":"Queens","state":"NY","lat":40.78580423600005,"lon":-73.84518123399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-08-31","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick meeting hall at 13-28 123rd Street in College Point, Queens, New York, built in 1906-07 for the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association. It was designed and built by local architect/builder Peter Schreiner.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A at the local level for its role in College Point's social history in the first half of the twentieth century, as a meeting place for volunteer firemen and community groups. It is significant under Criterion C as a relatively intact example of Queen Anne civic architecture by Peter Schreiner. It is also one of the few remaining volunteer firemen's halls in the New York City area still used as a community meeting place.","narrative":"Firemen's Hall, at 13-28 123rd Street in College Point, Queens, is a two-story brick meeting hall built in 1906-07 for the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association. Peter Schreiner, a College Point native who worked as both architect and builder, designed and constructed it. Though never an active firehouse, it was where retired volunteer firemen met, socialized and displayed antique equipment. Many other civic, fraternal and patriotic groups also gathered there. The Queen Anne design includes polychromatic brickwork, a picturesque roofline, a bracketed oriel window with sunburst motifs, and stickwork in the gable. Inside, a side-hall plan, large meeting rooms and varied pressed-metal walls and ceilings survive. The bell tower was shortened and some windows are covered or replaced, yet the building keeps a high degree of integrity. It was listed for its importance to the community's social history and as a fine example of local Queen Anne civic architecture. It remains in use as a community meeting place.","period_of_significance":"1906-1950","architect_builder":"Peter Schreiner","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as a community meeting hall, including by a little league and a senior citizens center.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.222728-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001013.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001013/4919dd9a96-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001013/4919dd9a96-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"4jonah","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firemen%27s_Hall,_College_Point,_NY.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">4jonah</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firemen%27s_Hall,_College_Point,_NY.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75321078","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Point_Little_League_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15211225"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/queens/firemens-hall-00001013/"}