{"nrhp_refnum":"02000551","name":"Building at 19 Rector St.","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"19 Rector St., 88 Greenwich St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70784445100003,"lon":-74.01415436299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2002-05-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A thirty-seven-story Art Deco office building at 19 Rector Street (also 88 Greenwich Street) in Lower Manhattan, built in 1929-30 to designs by Lafayette A. Goldstone, with a ten-story addition from 1955.","why_significant":"It reflects the 1920s expansion of the Financial District west of Broadway, prompted by the Curb Exchange, and is the largest skyscraper built in that area. It is also a representative Art Deco skyscraper, with dramatic setbacks and a slender tower shaped by the 1916 zoning rules, and with a largely intact lobby and Rector Street entrance.","narrative":"Rising thirty-seven stories on Rector Street in Lower Manhattan, this brick-clad Art Deco tower was built in 1929-30 and designed by architect Lafayette A. Goldstone. Its base fills the lot, and a series of setbacks leads to a tall, slender tower turned at an angle to take in views of the harbor and the Hudson River. Glazed terra-cotta chevron panels mark the setbacks, and the Rector Street entrance and lobby carry bronze work, marble and zigzag ornament. The building matters for two reasons. It is the largest skyscraper erected west of Broadway, built as the nearby Curb Exchange drew office development into a former residential and immigrant neighborhood. It also shows how the 1916 zoning rules and fashionable Art Deco design shaped New York skyscrapers of the late 1920s. A ten-story addition of 1955 matches the original in materials and color. The upper floors, once offices, now hold apartments, and the building keeps a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1929-30","architect_builder":"Goldstone, Lafayette; Zamshnick, Alexander (1955 addition)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Art Deco skyscraper","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Retains a high degree of integrity; the office spaces have been converted into apartments and the ground floor has shops.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.32901-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/02000551.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000551/2dfde0543e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/02000551/2dfde0543e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"ZeligJr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:88_Greenwich_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">ZeligJr</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:88_Greenwich_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319319","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_Greenwich_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201417"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/building-at-19-rector-st-02000551/"}