{"nrhp_refnum":"05000232","name":"168th Street Subway Station (IRT)","other_names":["Washington Height-168th Street Subway Station"],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Under Broadway at the jct. of W. 168th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.840782612000055,"lon":-73.94011649699996,"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","local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A deep underground two-track subway station beneath Broadway at West 168th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan, completed in 1906 as part of the Interborough Rapid Transit system.","why_significant":"The station is significant for its role in transportation and in the growth of Washington Heights into a dense residential community, and for its engineering, architecture and art. It is a classic Beaux-Arts station by Heins & LaFarge, set in a barrel-vaulted rock cavern 87 feet below ground within the Fort George Tunnel. It retains a high degree of integrity.","narrative":"Beneath Broadway at West 168th Street in Washington Heights, this subway station opened in 1906 as part of the Interborough Rapid Transit system. It sits inside the Fort George Tunnel, blasted from rock about 87 feet below ground, which was the second-longest two-track rock tunnel in the country when it opened. The central section rises roughly three stories under an exposed concrete barrel vault, a feature found at no other station in the system. Architects Heins & LaFarge decorated the space with brick, terra cotta volutes, ceiling rosettes, marble, a faience Greek key frieze and large mosaic name tablets, while William Barclay Parsons handled the engineering. Platforms were extended in 1909 and 1947, and a west mezzanine and elevator tower followed around 1948. The station is recognized for its part in transportation and in the rapid residential growth of Washington Heights, and for its engineering, architecture and art. Despite the 1991 replacement of glass tiles with ceramic ones, it keeps a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1906-1948","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":"Still in use as a subway station; the east elevator tower is closed and used only for ventilation, and lighting, tile and fixtures have been renovated, including a 1991 renovation.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.679009-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000232.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000232/1892e8ba59-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000232/1892e8ba59-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Harrison Leong","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:168th_Street_stair.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Harrison Leong</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:168th_Street_stair.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100011048","name":"Dominican Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/dominican-historic-district-100011048/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313913","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/168th_Street_station_(New_York_City_Subway)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1981131"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/168th-street-subway-station-irt-05000232/"}