{"nrhp_refnum":"04000543","name":"Rieger's, C., Sons Factory","other_names":["Arden Manufacturing Corporation","Piser Company"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"450-452 E. 148th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bronx","county":"The Bronx","state":"NY","lat":40.81437677300005,"lon":-73.91655035299993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-05-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick factory building at 450-452 East 148th Street in the Mott Haven area of the Bronx, New York City, built in 1906 and designed by architect Harry T. Howell for the furniture-making firm C. Rieger's Sons.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the factory embodies a turn-of-the-twentieth-century industrial building, adapting Romanesque Revival design to a factory with a facade that expresses its structure through vertical piers. It also marks a shift in construction from brick walls and cast-iron columns toward structural steel and reinforced concrete. It is further tied to the Bronx's growth as an industrial center and the New York area's furniture manufacturing.","narrative":"Rising six stories on East 148th Street in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx, this brick factory was completed in 1906 for C. Rieger's Sons, a furniture and bar-fixture maker founded in the 1870s by German immigrant cabinetmaker Christian Rieger. Architect Harry T. Howell, a Bronx designer best known for residential work, gave it a Romanesque Revival character, with tall round arches, corbeling, bluestone trim and strong vertical piers that show the building's structure on the facade. Inside, steel beams and cast-iron columns encased in concrete support reinforced concrete ceilings, reflecting a move toward more fireproof factory construction. The building was reported to cost about $45,000. Later it served for furniture storage and rented space to a lithographer and a toy and carriage firm. It was listed for its architecture and for its link to the Bronx's industrial growth. The interior has since been converted into apartments, while the exterior remains largely intact.","period_of_significance":"1906","architect_builder":"Howell, Harry T.","architectural_style":"Late 19th & Early 20th Century American Movements: Other: Factory Design (Romanesque Revival style)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The interior has recently been converted to residential use and divided into apartments; the building retains a high degree of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.813502-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/04000543.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000543/d36558d569-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/04000543/d36558d569-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"ALT55-VictorM","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C._Rieger%27s_Sons_Factory,_450-452_E,_148_Str.,_Mott_Haven,_Bronx_County,_New_York.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">ALT55-VictorM</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:C._Rieger%27s_Sons_Factory,_450-452_E,_148_Str.,_Mott_Haven,_Bronx_County,_New_York.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316511","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Rieger%27s_Sons_Factory","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5006811"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/the-bronx/riegers-c-sons-factory-04000543/"}