{"nrhp_refnum":"71000547","name":"Schermerhorn Row Block","other_names":["New York State Maritime Museum Block"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Block bounded by Front, Fulton, and South Sts., and Burling Slip","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70480246500006,"lon":-74.00607869899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A block of early 19th-century waterfront commercial buildings in lower Manhattan, bounded by Fulton Street, South Street, Burling Slip and Front Street. The core group, Schermerhorn Row, was built in 1811-1812 on landfill from the East River; other buildings on the block date from the 1790s to 1850.","why_significant":"The block holds some of the last waterfront buildings left from New York City's sailing age. Peter Schermerhorn built the row to be a major mercantile center, and the businesses that occupied it over time show the economic growth of the early port. Later alterations, such as the 1868 mansard roof, show how the buildings were updated.","narrative":"This city block at the edge of lower Manhattan's old port contains a group of brick warehouse and commercial buildings from the early 1800s. Its core is Schermerhorn Row, built in 1811 and 1812 by ship's chandler Peter Schermerhorn on landfill that had been part of the East River. He intended the row to be a leading mercantile center, and merchants were its first occupants. Later tenants included grocers, hotels, saloons, eating houses, woodworking shops and clothiers, so the buildings record the growth of the port's economy. The block also includes buildings on Front Street and Burling Slip, mostly built in the first half of the 19th century, with some parts possibly as early as 1793. Many have load-bearing masonry walls and early wooden hoists, and one retains fish-smoking kilns. Some were raised in height or given a mansard roof in later years. The block is regarded as one of the last surviving pieces of New York's sailing-age waterfront.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Peter Schermerhorn (builder of Schermerhorn Row, 1811-1812)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good and altered. The block is state-owned, with preservation work in progress, and is slated to become the New York State Maritime Museum.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.364429-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/71000547.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000547/57ee6dd5d1-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000547/57ee6dd5d1-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Jim.henderson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schermerhorne_Row_sunny_morn_north_jeh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim.henderson</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schermerhorne_Row_sunny_morn_north_jeh.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319880","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schermerhorn_Row_Block","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7431201"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/schermerhorn-row-block-71000547/"}