{"nrhp_refnum":"07000063","name":"Wall Street Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Cedar St. and Maiden's Ln., Pearl St., Bridge and S. William St., and Greenwich St. and Trinity Pl.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.706476633500074,"lon":-74.01070126942372,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Economics","Community Planning and Development","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A large historic district covering 36 blocks at the southern tip of Manhattan, New York City, centered on the financial district around Wall Street. It contains 66 contributing resources, mostly office buildings built between 1835 and 1932, plus a street plan dating to the Dutch colonial period.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is one of the most significant areas in the country, reflecting its history as a 17th-century Dutch colony, the nation's first capital, and the nation's financial center for two centuries. It holds one of the world's greatest collections of skyscrapers by prominent architects, and its colonial street plan is the only surviving artifact of Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam.","narrative":"Occupying 36 blocks at the southern tip of Manhattan, this district forms the core of New York's financial center. Its narrow, curving streets follow the layout of Dutch Nieuw Amsterdam and its English successors, and are the only surviving artifact of that colonial period because the Great Fire of 1835 destroyed nearly everything else. The earliest buildings date from the late 1830s and 1840s, including Federal Hall, the Merchants Exchange and Trinity Church. Most of the 66 contributing buildings are office towers built between 1835 and 1932, many designed by leading firms as headquarters for major businesses. Neo-Classical, Neo-Renaissance, neo-Gothic, Art Deco and later International Style skyscrapers create the \"canyons\" of the financial district and its well-known skyline. Twenty-two properties within it are individually listed, and 29 buildings are New York City landmarks. Despite additions, new storefronts and residential conversions, the district retains strong historical and architectural integrity.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Multiple, including Town & Davis, Isaiah Rogers, Richard Upjohn, Cass Gilbert, George B. Post, Trowbridge & Livingston, York & Sawyer, Ralph Walker of Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Second Empire, Romanesque, Renaissance, Beaux Arts, Classical Revival, Skyscraper, Moderne, Art Deco, International","criteria":[],"status_note":"Buildings remain in commercial, government, religious and residential use; many have been altered or converted to residential use, but the district retains a high level of integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.173408-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000063.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000063/b3a807e9d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000063/b3a807e9d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":null,"credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown author</a>, <a href=\"http://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:Photos_NewYork1_032.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320043","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Historic_District_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7962614"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/wall-street-historic-district-07000063/"}