{"nrhp_refnum":"05000619","name":"Building at 210 East 68th Street","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"210 E. 68th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.76694529400004,"lon":-73.96235701299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 16-story apartment house at the southeast corner of East 68th Street and Third Avenue on Manhattan's Upper East Side, built speculatively in 1928 to designs by George & Edward Blum.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is architecturally significant under Criterion C as a handsome Art Deco apartment house and one of the earliest in New York City. It is among the last works of the Blum firm and one of three Art Deco apartment houses they adorned with polychromatic terra-cotta. Its ornament resembles no other Art Deco buildings in the city apart from the Blums' other two. The exterior survives almost entirely intact.","narrative":"Rising 16 stories at the southeast corner of East 68th Street and Third Avenue, this Manhattan apartment house was built in 1928 as a speculative venture. The architects were the firm of George and Edward Blum, brothers of French origin known for ornamental brick and terra-cotta work. The facades are buff brick with darker accent bricks, zigzag bands of brick, and polychromatic terra-cotta friezes in green, black and orange. The main entrance on East 68th Street has bronze and glass doors and a curved glass and bronze column form. Inside, a multi-level lobby keeps its terrazzo floors and scalloped wooden desks and cabinets. The building matters because it was among the very first Art Deco apartment houses in New York, predating most of the skyscrapers that established the style in the city. It was one of three Blum apartment houses with such terra-cotta detailing. Replacement windows and storefronts are the main exterior changes, and the building remains an apartment house.","period_of_significance":"1928","architect_builder":"Blum, George & Edward","architectural_style":"Modern Movement/Art Deco","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a multiple dwelling. The original windows and storefronts have been replaced and a canopy added at the 68th Street entrance, but the lobby spaces are largely intact.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.065749-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000619.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000619/bb1c4dce8a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000619/bb1c4dce8a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Epicgenius","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Upper_East_Side_Aug_2026_06.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicgenius</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:Upper_East_Side_Aug_2026_06.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319323","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/210_East_68th_Street","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17629730"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/building-at-210-east-68th-street-05000619/"}