{"nrhp_refnum":"05001285","name":"Sheffield Farms Stable","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3229 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.81676743100007,"lon":-73.95802391799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-11-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A six-story brick and terra cotta former horse stable at 3229 Broadway in Manhattanville (West Harlem), Manhattan. A two-story stable was built in 1903 and enlarged to its present form in 1909, designed by architect Frank Rooke for the Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company.","why_significant":"It is significant under Criterion A for its link to the transformation of New York City's milk business from a source of deadly disease into a technologically advanced industry with a safe supply. Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker pioneered commercial pasteurization in the city, and its bottling plant needed a large nearby stable to keep delivery horses healthy. The period of significance ends in 1938, when the company stopped horse-drawn delivery in Manhattan.","narrative":"Rising six stories on the west side of Broadway between West 129th and 130th Streets in Manhattanville, this former stable was built in 1903 as a two-story structure and enlarged in 1909. Architect Frank Rooke designed both phases for the Sheffield Farms-Slawson-Decker Company, and the enlargement served the firm's new pasteurizing and bottling plant on West 125th Street. The front facade is light brick with terra cotta ornament, a dentiled cornice and a slate roof. Inside, ramps once carried horses to the basement and upper floors, and outlines of standing stalls remain in the concrete floors of floors two through four. The building matters because Sheffield Farms helped change New York's milk supply from a source of disease into a safer, more scientific industry, including early commercial pasteurization. Horses were essential to distribution until the company ended horse-drawn delivery in Manhattan in 1938. Sold in 1942, the building has since served as a storage warehouse and remains in good condition.","period_of_significance":"1903-1938","architect_builder":"Rooke, Frank A. (architect); Dawson & Archer (contractors)","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Renaissance","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Currently used as a storage warehouse and business office; described as in very good condition with no apparent deferred maintenance.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.570528-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001285.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001285/1a54f5688c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001285/1a54f5688c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Americasroof","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheffeld-farms-stable.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Americasroof</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:Sheffeld-farms-stable.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319901","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_Farms_Stable","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7492664"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/sheffield-farms-stable-05001285/"}