{"nrhp_refnum":"03001302","name":"Corbin Building","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"192 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.71014321000007,"lon":-74.00907731299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-12-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An eight- and nine-story commercial office building on the northeast corner of Broadway and John Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, built in 1888-89 and designed by Francis H. Kimball.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an important example of an early skyscraper from the first major wave of high-rise office construction in New York, a transitional design with an elevator but no skeleton frame. It is also significant for extensive terra-cotta ornament and as a distinctive, highly artistic work by Francis H. Kimball, a leading architect and pioneer of skyscraper design.","narrative":"Rising eight and nine stories at Broadway and John Street in Lower Manhattan, this office building was erected in 1888-89 for banker Austin Corbin on land leased from the Collegiate Church. Francis H. Kimball designed it with a stone base, tawny brick upper floors, reddish-brown terra-cotta trim and ornate cast-iron bays. Built in just eleven months, it housed a bank on the ground floor and rented upper space to smaller firms, including jewelry businesses drawn by the nearby Maiden Lane district. It is regarded as a transitional skyscraper, equipped with an elevator yet built before steel skeleton framing. Contemporary critics praised its detail and its inventive use of terra cotta, and later architectural historians have called it one of the handsomest early skyscrapers to survive in Lower Manhattan. Apart from altered storefronts and the loss of a tower, the exterior remains remarkably intact, and the original light court and open staircase still survive inside.","period_of_significance":"1888-1889","architect_builder":"Kimball, Francis H.","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements: Eclecticism","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as an office building with commercial ground floor; ground-floor storefronts altered and rooftop tower lost, but exterior largely intact; some restoration work done in 2003.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.221696-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03001302.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001302/8eafd01afd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001302/8eafd01afd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FultonSt_8043_(8551553985)_crop.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Metropolitan Transportation Authority of the State of New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FultonSt_8043_(8551553985)_crop.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000988","name":"Fulton-Nassau Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/fulton-nassau-historic-district-05000988/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319428","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbin_Building","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q915326"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/corbin-building-03001302/"}