{"nrhp_refnum":"05000443","name":"Guggenheim, Solomon R., Museum","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1071 Fifth Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.78307020750006,"lon":-73.95887524795074,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-05-19","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2008-10-06","areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Art"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A reinforced concrete art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1959, with a 1992 ten-story annex.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it an exceptionally significant masterpiece of modern architecture and a seminal work of Wright's last period. It integrates program, form, structure and materials as an illustration of his principles of organic architecture. It was commissioned in 1943 by Solomon R. Guggenheim to house his collection of non-objective painting, and it was meant to symbolize the unity of art and architecture.","narrative":"Occupying a full block front on Fifth Avenue between East 88th and East 89th Streets, this museum faces Central Park and is the work of Frank Lloyd Wright, completed in 1959. Its dominant feature is a spiral rotunda of reinforced concrete that coils five times to a skylit dome ninety-five feet above the floor. A smaller circular wing, called the monitor, and a sweeping second-story bridge complete the composition, which is organized around circles, triangles and lozenges. Solomon R. Guggenheim commissioned it in 1943 to house his collection of non-objective paintings, and builder George Cohen carried out construction from 1956. The building opened in October 1959, months after Wright's death. It is considered a masterpiece of modern architecture and a clear expression of Wright's organic principles. Later changes include the 1968 annex, the 1978 enclosure of the entrance drive, and a 1992 ten-story limestone annex by Gwathmey Siegel. Restoration work has returned several original features, and the building retains strong integrity.","period_of_significance":"1959","architect_builder":"Frank Lloyd Wright, architect; George Cohen, builder","architectural_style":"Modern Movement","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a museum; the form reports an outstanding level of integrity despite later alterations and the 1992 annex.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.487209-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000443.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000443/471519d4dd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000443/471519d4dd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Jean-Christophe BENOIST","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_-_Guggenheim_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jean-Christophe BENOIST</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_-_Guggenheim_Museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319570","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201469"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/guggenheim-solomon-r-museum-05000443/"}