{"nrhp_refnum":"05000668","name":"Beaver Building","other_names":["Cocoa Exchange","Wall St. Court"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"82-92 Beaver St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70516579400004,"lon":-74.00852366799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-07-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A fifteen-story steel-framed office building at 82-92 Beaver Street in lower Manhattan, built in 1903-04 to designs by Clinton & Russell on a narrow, flatiron-shaped lot at Beaver and Pearl Streets.","why_significant":"The nomination cites Criterion A for the building's role in commerce, as the long-time home of the New York Cocoa Exchange from 1931 to 1972. It cites Criterion C for the building as an example of early 20th-century skyscraper design, with a tripartite base-shaft-capital arrangement and polychrome terra cotta ornament, built on a small, awkwardly shaped site.","narrative":"Rising fifteen stories above a narrow, flatiron-shaped lot where Beaver and Pearl Streets meet, this steel-framed office building was completed in 1903-04 to designs by the firm Clinton & Russell. Its facade follows the base-shaft-capital pattern common to early New York skyscrapers: limestone and granite at the base, buff brick with green terra cotta window trim in the shaft, and a top of green, cream and russet glazed terra cotta. Carved beavers, rams' heads and swags add detail. The building's role in commerce adds to its importance. The New York Cocoa Exchange moved in during 1931 and remained until 1972, operating the largest cocoa market in the world within a district of commodity exchanges. Although the interiors have been altered many times, the exterior retains a high degree of integrity, and the building illustrates how steel framing allowed tall construction on small, awkwardly shaped sites in lower Manhattan.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Clinton & Russell","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance (Neo-Renaissance)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Exterior largely intact with a high degree of integrity; interiors extensively altered. Current uses include a basement restaurant, first-floor commercial space (most recently a cigar bar) and upper-floor offices.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.575956-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000668.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000668/275c4b7d73-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000668/275c4b7d73-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1_Wall_St_Court_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</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:1_Wall_St_Court_jeh.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000063","name":"Wall Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/wall-street-historic-district-07000063/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319289","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1_Wall_Street_Court","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284013"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/beaver-building-05000668/"}