{"nrhp_refnum":"07000487","name":"Gansevoort Market Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by W 16th St., Ninth Ave., and Hudson St., Gansevoort St.; West St. and Eleventh Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.741740154500064,"lon":-74.00663279695068,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-05-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Industry","Transportation","Community Planning and Development"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 19-block historic district in the northwest corner of Greenwich Village and southwest Chelsea in Manhattan, made up of market buildings, warehouses, lofts, early rowhouses and transportation structures such as the High Line, mostly built between about 1840 and 1950.","why_significant":"The district is argued to represent a significant chapter in New York City's commercial history, when it grew into a major wholesale meat and produce market. Its buildings and street pattern reflect the Hudson River waterfront, railroad and elevated transportation, and the arrival of large firms such as Herring Safe and Lock, DeLamater Iron Works, Nabisco and the Manhattan Refrigerating Company. Several buildings are by prominent architects.","narrative":"Gansevoort Market Historic District covers all or part of 19 blocks where Greenwich Village meets Chelsea along Manhattan's Hudson River side. It holds 140 contributing buildings, the High Line and the historic street pattern as contributing structures, and a lumber yard as a contributing site. The oldest buildings are three-story Greek Revival rowhouses of the 1840s, along with the 1849 Herring Safe and Lock Factory. Two large municipal markets opened in the 1880s, one for produce and one for meat and poultry, and they drew two- and three-story market buildings with metal canopies, plus warehouses, lofts and cold storage. Large firms followed, including the Manhattan Refrigerating Company and the National Biscuit Company, and architects such as Boring & Tilton designed some of the lofts. Belgian block paving, wide sidewalks and unusual triangular blocks survive. The district was listed for its role in the city's commercial history from about 1840 to 1950, and its character has changed little since.","period_of_significance":"circa 1840-1950","architect_builder":"Boring & Tilton; LaFarge, Morris & Cullen; Boring; Trowbridge & Livingston (among various buildings)","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century: Greek Revival; Late Victorian: Italianate, Romanesque, Renaissance; Modern Movement: Moderne, Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as still a busy low-rise commercial district; the current functions list includes vacant/not in use for some buildings.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:53.317809-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/07000487.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000487/68dd27cabb-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000487/68dd27cabb-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Gryffindor","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meatpacking_District_IMG_9026.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Gryffindor</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:Meatpacking_District_IMG_9026.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319534","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73498076"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/gansevoort-market-historic-district-07000487/"}