{"nrhp_refnum":"12001009","name":"Hispanic Society of America Complex","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"613 W. 155th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.83352846900004,"lon":-73.94651376360588,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-10-16","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"2012-10-16","areas_of_significance":[],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A museum complex at 613 West 155th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, part of Audubon Terrace. It includes the main building (1904-1908), the North Building (1923-1930), the El Cid sculptural group (1927) and a former museum building acquired in 2010.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is nationally significant under NHL Criterion 1 as an exemplary representation of a shift in American attitudes toward Hispanic culture and Hispanic-American history. Under NHL Criterion 2 it is significant for its association with the philanthropist Archer M. Huntington, who founded the Hispanic Society in 1904. It was also a focal point of Audubon Terrace, a cultural center he established.","narrative":"Located on Audubon Terrace in Manhattan's Washington Heights, this museum complex was founded by Archer M. Huntington in 1904 to give Americans direct knowledge of their heritage from Spain. The main building, designed by his cousin Charles P. Huntington and finished in 1908, has an Indiana limestone neoclassical facade, a copper hip roof and a two-story Main Court inspired by Spanish Renaissance architecture. Across the terrace stands the North Building, designed by H. Brooks Price and opened in 1930, with an El Cid sculptural group by Anna Hyatt Huntington in front. A former Museum of the American Indian building, acquired in 2010, is now connected to the complex. The property was designated a National Historic Landmark because it represents a shift in American attitudes toward Hispanic culture and because of its link to Huntington, a major philanthropist who promoted Hispanic studies in the United States.","period_of_significance":"1907-1939","architect_builder":"Charles P. Huntington","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revivals: Beaux Arts Classicism","criteria":["A","B"],"status_note":"Still in use as a museum; the former Museum of the American Indian building was acquired in 2010 and internally connected to the complex.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.045261-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/12001009_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001009/486dd77325-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001009/486dd77325-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Asaavedra32","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HispanicSocietyofAmerica.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Asaavedra32</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:HispanicSocietyofAmerica.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100010615","name":"Audubon Park Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/audubon-park-historic-district-100010615/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315972","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_Society_of_America","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2420849"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/hispanic-society-of-america-complex-12001009/"}