{"nrhp_refnum":"73001214","name":"Chamber of Commerce Building","other_names":["New York Chamber of Commerce and Industry Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"65 Liberty St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.70899280300006,"lon":-74.00966159384079,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-02-06","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-12-22","areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-and-a-half-story white Vermont marble commercial and institutional building at 65 Liberty Street in Manhattan, completed and dedicated in 1902 as the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce.","why_significant":"The nomination cites its Beaux-Arts-influenced design by architect James Barnes Baker, which was meant to symbolize the Chamber's importance in the community. It also highlights the Great Hall and its collection of portraits of 284 important Americans. The low building contrasts with the taller buildings around it.","narrative":"Completed and dedicated in 1902, this four-and-a-half-story building at 65 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan was built as the home of the Chamber of Commerce. Architect James Barnes Baker clad it in white Vermont marble, with a heavily rusticated ground level, a monumental order of Ionic columns, bull's-eye windows with swagged carving, and a copper-crested convex mansard roof with ornate dormers. The design shows the influence of Beaux-Arts teaching, although Baker never studied in Paris. Inside, the Great Hall, modeled to recall early London guild halls, measures 60 by 90 feet and holds portraits of 284 important Americans by artists such as Copley, Trumbull, Stuart and the Peales. Sculptures of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and DeWitt Clinton, and a group over the entrance by Karl Bitter, have been removed. Part of the building has long housed the Commerce Club. It now stands in contrast to the taller buildings around it.","period_of_significance":"1901","architect_builder":"James Barnes Baker","architectural_style":"Beaux-Arts influenced (Ecole des Beaux Arts style)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied by the Chamber of Commerce; condition marked as good and unaltered site original. Original sculpture groups have been removed and are in storage, and a 1975 note says the statuary has not been reinstalled.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.202031-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001214.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001214/de72d5d83d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001214/de72d5d83d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamber_of_Commerce_Building_(New_York_City).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chamber_of_Commerce_Building_(New_York_City).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"05000988","name":"Fulton-Nassau Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/fulton-nassau-historic-district-05000988/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319362","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce_Building_(Manhattan)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5069532"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/chamber-of-commerce-building-73001214/"}