{"nrhp_refnum":"05000235","name":"West 28th Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)","other_names":[],"category":"structure","location":{"address":"Seventh Ave. bet. West 26th and West 29th Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.74676485600003,"lon":-73.99372803199998,"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":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"An underground subway station on the Broadway/7th Avenue Line (IRT) beneath Seventh Avenue between West 26th and West 29th Streets in Chelsea, Manhattan. Built 1914-1918 under Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts.","why_significant":"The nomination finds it significant under Criterion A for transportation, community planning and development, and social history, and under Criterion C for engineering, architectural design and art. It is a typical Dual System station designed by Squire J. Vickers, with intact Arts and Crafts mosaic banding, plaques and signage. It retains a relatively high degree of integrity and is significant at the local level.","narrative":"Beneath Seventh Avenue in Chelsea, this subway station on the Broadway/7th Avenue Line was built between 1914 and 1918 as part of the Interborough system's Dual Contracts expansion. It is a single-level, three-track, side-platform station built by a variation of cut-and-cover construction, with a concrete foundation and walls and steel columns. Platforms were extended to 530 feet in 1966. Squire J. Vickers, the Dual System's chief architect, designed it with simple, colorful Arts and Crafts mosaic friezes, name tablets and directional signs, including hexagonal plaques bearing the numerals 28. Most mosaics remain in good condition, though white wall tile was added in 1990 and some tile has deteriorated from leaks. Original concrete stair entrances survive at West 28th Street, and one stair at West 27th Street retains a cast-iron balustrade and lotus-capped lampposts. The station was recognized for its role in transportation and city development and for its engineering, design and artistic qualities.","period_of_significance":"1914-1918","architect_builder":"Vickers, Squire Joseph (architect)","architectural_style":"Other/Arts and Crafts","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Station remains in transportation use; mosaics are in good condition with some water damage, and the platforms were extended in 1966 and renovated in 1990.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.556059-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000235.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000235/0f3309afd0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000235/0f3309afd0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"GeneralPunger","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IRT_Broadway-Seventh_28th_Street_Northbound_Platform.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">GeneralPunger</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:IRT_Broadway-Seventh_28th_Street_Northbound_Platform.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313899","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Street_station_(IRT_Broadway%E2%80%93Seventh_Avenue_Line)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2982207"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/west-28th-street-subway-station-dual-system-irt-05000235/"}