{"nrhp_refnum":"11000599","name":"Leavenworth Apartments","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"615 James St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.05701351100004,"lon":-76.14396009999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-08-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A seven-story steel frame and masonry apartment building at 615 James Street in Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, built in 1912 to designs by Syracuse architect Charles E. Colton. It was built as a fireproof building with three pairs of towers joined by a central hallway.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it embodies the early twentieth-century acceptance of apartment living by Syracuse's middle class, a new building type outside the single- and two-family house. It is also significant as the work of Colton's prominent firm and as an outstanding early apartment building with Dutch Revival references in its stepped gables.","narrative":"Seven stories tall and set on the west side of James Street in Syracuse, this 1912 apartment building was designed by architect Charles E. Colton as a fireproof structure. It consists of three identical pairs of towers linked by a central hallway, each tower topped with a stepped Flemish gable and detailed in the Colonial Revival style. Buff brick, red brick bands, cast stone trim and a projecting cornice emphasize its verticality. Inside, the building held thirty two-bedroom suites, twelve studio apartments and six top-floor units, with shared dining and community rooms in the basement. It was built on part of the 1839 General Leavenworth house property, and it replaced the large homes that once lined the street. The building is considered important because it reflects the growing acceptance of apartment living among the city's middle class, and because it is an early example of the type with Dutch Revival references. The main exterior change since construction is an entrance foyer added in the 1970s.","period_of_significance":"1912-c1955","architect_builder":"Charles Colton","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Colonial Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still used as an apartment building; the exterior is largely unchanged apart from a 1970s entrance foyer, while the basement has been altered into apartments.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.444042-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/11000599.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000599/f6c0602563-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000599/f6c0602563-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leavenworth-apts_1920_syracuse.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leavenworth-apts_1920_syracuse.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320382","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leavenworth_Apartments","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23091864"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/leavenworth-apartments-11000599/"}