{"nrhp_refnum":"73001222","name":"Scott, Gen. Winfield, House","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"24 W. 12th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.73497496400006,"lon":-73.9957798359084,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-11-07","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Military","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-story brownstone townhouse at 24 West 12th Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, built in 1851-52 for Charles Partridge as one of a pair of adjoining houses.","why_significant":"The house is nominated for its association with General Winfield Scott, who bought it in 1853 and lived in the neighborhood in the 1850s. Scott was a leading U.S. Army figure, a Mexican War commander, a presidential candidate in 1852 and a frequent peacemaker. The pair of houses is also noted as a distinguished example of street architecture of the period.","narrative":"This four-story brownstone at 24 West 12th Street in Manhattan's Greenwich Village was built in 1851-52 for Charles Partridge, a match merchant who lived next door. It forms half of a pair of Anglo-Italianate houses, with a rusticated English basement, round-arched openings at entrance level, a continuous bracketed cornice and segmental-arched upper windows with eyebrow cornices. A city landmarks body called the pair one of the most distinguished examples of street architecture of its period. General Winfield Scott purchased the house in 1853, and city directories place him at this address in 1854-55 before he moved to a nearby house. Scott, born in Virginia in 1786, served in the War of 1812, became general-in-chief in 1841, led the campaign from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, and ran for president in 1852. He also helped settle several tense disputes, and he moved army headquarters to New York City. The house is recognized for its link to his career.","period_of_significance":"1854-55","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Anglo-Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as fair and altered; the house is occupied.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.901625-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/73001222_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001222/46125edad3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73001222/46125edad3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Dmadeo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:24-west-12th.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Dmadeo</a>, <a href=\"http://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:24-west-12th.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"79001604","name":"Greenwich Village Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/greenwich-village-historic-district-additional-documentation-79001604/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315948","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Winfield_Scott_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532302"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/scott-gen-winfield-house-73001222/"}