{"nrhp_refnum":"01000044","name":"Johnson City Square Deal Arch","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Main St., W of Floral Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Johnson City","county":"Broome County","state":"NY","lat":42.09490087100005,"lon":-76.05704471999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A commemorative welcome arch built in 1920 over Main Street, marking the boundary between villages. The form text describes the Endicott arch (Endicott, Broome County) and notes an identical twin in Johnson City; the form header names the Johnson City listing, and the document is largely about the Endicott arch.","why_significant":"The arch is significant in social history for its link to the Endicott-Johnson shoe company and its workers, who funded it to honor employer George F. Johnson after a profit sharing plan was introduced. It is also significant architecturally as an intact example of the early twentieth-century 'welcome arch' with classical features. It served as a symbolic gateway to company towns shaped by Johnson's 'Square Deal' welfare policies.","narrative":"Spanning Main Street, this classically inspired arch of cast stone blocks over a steel frame was built in 1920 as a ceremonial gateway between two villages. Its rusticated blocks, entablature, swag decoration and globe lights follow the pattern of the American welcome arch, and it carries the inscription 'The Home of the Square Deal.' Workers of the Endicott-Johnson shoe company paid for it, each giving $3, to thank employer George F. Johnson for a new profit sharing plan. A twin arch was built in Johnson City, and both were dedicated on 6 September 1920. Architect Arthur T. Lacey designed them, and village engineer Bert Booth supervised the Endicott arch. Bronze tablets bearing Johnson's likeness were removed in World War II so the metal could be reused. In 1995-96 the arch was widened to suit a wider road, using stones that replicate the originals. It remains a symbol of company-town community life and civic pride.","period_of_significance":"1920","architect_builder":"Arthur T. Lacey, architect; Bert Booth, builder","architectural_style":"Classical Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The arch was widened by nearly fifteen feet in 1995-96 for road widening, with new stones replicating the originals; the bronze tablets were removed in World War II and the original red, white and blue lights are gone.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.244195-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/01000044.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000044/47d42463ec-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000044/47d42463ec-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson_City_Square_Deal_Arch_Feb_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johnson_City_Square_Deal_Arch_Feb_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316581","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_City_Square_Deal_Arch","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6268226"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/broome-county/johnson-city-square-deal-arch-01000044/"}