{"nrhp_refnum":"05000230","name":"28th Street Subway Station (IRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Under Park Avenue S, bet E 29th and 27th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.74334716900006,"lon":-73.98406720199995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture","Art","Engineering","Community Planning and Development","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national","state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An underground four-track, side-platform subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line beneath Park Avenue South between East 27th and East 29th Streets in Manhattan, opened in 1904 as part of IRT Contract 1.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering, architecture and art. It is an early example of the original IRT system, with engineering by William Barclay Parsons and decorative design by Heins & LaFarge. It retains much original faience, terra cotta and tile work and a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Beneath Park Avenue South in Lower Midtown Manhattan, this four-track local subway station opened on October 27, 1904, as part of the original Interborough Rapid Transit line. Engineer William Barclay Parsons handled the structure, built by the cut-and-cover method with steel columns and concrete infill, while architects George L. Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge designed its decoration under City Beautiful ideals. The original 200-foot section keeps white glass tile walls, a terra cotta egg-and-dart cornice, marble belt courses, Roman brick wainscoting, brass vents and large faience plaques reading \"28 Twenty-Eighth Street,\" made by the Grueby Faience Company. Platforms were lengthened in 1904 and again in 1948 with simpler, compatible tilework. A late-1920s passageway connects to the nearby New York Life Insurance Building, whose location was likely influenced by the station. The station is valued for its engineering, craftsmanship, materials and its role in the city's early rapid transit network.","period_of_significance":"1904-1948","architect_builder":"Parsons, William Barclay (engineer); Heins, George L. and LaFarge, Christopher G. (architects)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals/Beaux-Arts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Remains in use as a local-stop station on the 6 train; platforms were extended in 1904 and 1948, and control areas and stairways were renovated in 1989.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.976458-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000230.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000230/6aa462fef7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000230/6aa462fef7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Mtattrain","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:28th_St_Station_View.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mtattrain</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:28th_St_Station_View.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313917","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Street_station_(IRT_Lexington_Avenue_Line)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939753"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/28th-street-subway-station-irt-05000230/"}